By Adekunle Adekoya AWAY from the agony of the just-ended strike by ASUU, Nigerians are faced with another existential threat, which is even more life-threatening. Come to think of it, what is not life-threatening in Nigeria, given the way public affairs are managed here? Is it the transport system, entrenched in the vice-grips of the […]

By Adekunle Adekoya I really don’t want to write about the ASUU strike again, but it is a shame that our government is not talking to us as much as it needs to about a major national crisis in the education sector, which is what the strike is about. In the last few days, hopes have been […]

By Adekunle Adekoya I am filled with trepidation at the omens which seem to indicate that the on-going strike by the Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, might outlive the Buhari administration. I am worried, and I am sure that fellow compatriots, especially those who have children in federal universities, are equally worried that their personal timelines […]

By Adekunle Adekoya “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X. IT is trite news that the nation’s public universities, especially those owned by the Federal Government, are currently not in the expected work mode, as lectures are not being given because lecturers are on […]

I yield this space today to readers of this column who felt strongly about my position on the ASUU strike and reacted. Follow their minds. Dear Sir, Your article missed out many facts — ETF which later became TETFUND came into being as an outcome of the FGN/ASUU Agreement of 1992. In response to government […]

By Adekunle Adekoya “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”  THE quote above is usually attributed to renowned physicist, Albert Einstein, famous worldwide for his Theory of Relativity. But Einstein never said those words, just as “who will guard the guards”, a question frequently attributed to Plato was never […]

By Adekunle Adekoya FOR some days now, an official letter of the Lagos State Government to owners and heads of private schools has been trending in the social media. The letter, purportedly from the Office of Education Quality Assurance of the state’s Ministry of Education, dated August 3, was titled “Re: Introduction of History in […]

By Adekunle Adekoya IN the run-up to the 2015 general elections, there was huge hope that, at last, things were going to take a turn in the direction of eldorado for Nigeria and her teeming peoples. There was massive euphoria about how the cluelessness of the government of the day would be replaced by purposeful […]

By Adekunle Adekoya TODAY, I continue my exploration of the activities of non-state actors in our dear country and how they have contributed to making daily experience “nasty, brustish and short” for the masses of our people. Such non-state actors include the labour unions, but my radar is on the transport unions. To be realistic, the Nigerian […]

BEFORE proceeding, it is appropriate that we understand what a non-state actor is, given the context of what I am discussing today. Because of the diverse nature of interests, it may be difficult to give an all- encompassing definition of what a non-state actor is, but there is generally an agreement that a non-state actor, NSA, […]