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Igbinedion University V-C Backs Varsity Autonomy
From Omon-Julius Onabu in Benin, 11.11.2004
Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Professor Eghosa Osaghae, yesterday defen-ded the policy of granting autonomous status to public universties in Nigeria, saying the private sector held the key to the much-desired revolutinisation of education in the country. Speaking with newsmen in his office on activities lined up to mark the forthcoming second convocation of the Nigeria's first private university, Osaghae however cautioned against autonomy which does not bestow on the universities financial independence. "Autonomy is desirable but such autonomy must guarantee self-sutainability, because any talk of autonomy which does not guarantee financial independence is meaningless," he pointed out, stressing the importance of "self-sustenance" of the universities and maintained that the institutions have the capacity to achieve this. He observed that though Federal Government may be said to be "guilty of treating the education sector with levity" in terms of its obvious failure to imbibe the minimum budget standards recommended by international agencies like UNESCO "much pro-gress has beeen recorded in Nigeria, especially since 1999." Osaghae noted that private educational institutions held the key to transforming the countyr's educational sector and stressed that the remarkable attraction that Igbinedion University has had for parents in Nigeria lied mainly in relative cost-effectiveness of the institution when compared to the experience of parents with the state or public institutions in the country. According to him, "parents have particularly been amazed at the existing visible and invisible structures in the univeristy and the fact that our students are guaranteed high quality education, complete with an excellent learning environment and an academic calender that is not disrupted by strikes and incessant closures." THISDAY gathered that the university has recorded its first First Class computer science graduate, who is in the list of 101 graduating students to be involved in the second graduation ceremony of the university, while ex-wife of former South African President, Winnie Mandela, and former Nigerian First Lady, Mrs Maryam Babangida, and Business mogul, Dr Mike Adenuga, Jnr, are among personages to be awarded honourary degrees during the ceremony.
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