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  • Nigerian universities need autonomy to compete with global counterparts – Don

    For Nigerian universities to compete with their counterparts in the world, there is the need for the universities to have academic, administrative and financial autonomy.

    The pro-chancellor and chairman of council, Osun State University, Professor Yusuf Ali stated this while delivering a lecture marking the 80th birthday anniversary of Emeritus Professor Michael Omolewa held in Ibadan.

    Professor Ali, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, explained that the advancement of the Nigerian universities was being constrained by inherent weaknesses in appointment, the nature of Nigerian laws, tribalism and ethnicity, multiplicity of regulators, professionalization of unionism, and lack of academic culture among others.

    Representatives of the Federal Ministry of Education, Professor Abba Abubakar, Head of Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Professor Kester Ojokheta and former Executive Secretary, National Commission for Nomadic Education, Professor Rashid Aderinoye described Professor Micheal Omolewa as a seasoned lecturer who had impacted many adult education and literacy experts in Nigeria.

     In an interview, the celebrant, Professor Micheal Omolewa who was a former permanent delegate and ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO from January 2000 to August 2009, expressed gratitude to God for his achievement attaining 80 years.

    Professor Omolewa was a pioneer of adult education and literacy not only in the University of Ibadan but also in Africa.

    He was also a deputy chair of the governing board of the Commonwealth of Learning in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    Rotimi Famakin

  • Government needs to fund education more – Emeritus Professor Omolewa

    Speaker at the Seventieth Anniversary Lecture of the Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Emeritus Professor Michael Omolewa has advocated more funding to promote adult education across the country. 

    He made the call while presenting a paper entitled “70 Years of Inspiring Generations for Greater Heights”.

    A cross-section of attendees at the lecture

    Emeritus Professor Omolewa who explained that Adult Education was pivotal to national development, noted that many uneducated people in the country did not wish to be uninformed but were victims of uncontrollable situations. 

    While calling on individuals and groups to give back to the society by educating the illiterates so that every potential would be invested in the development process of the country, the don said Adult Education encouraged cross-fertilization of ideas. 

    Chairman on the occasion, Aare Afe Babalola in a message through the Director of Afe Babalola International Study Center, Ibadan, Dr. Adedayo Ajani emphasized that, to achieve quality education delivery, there was the need for government at all levels to adequately fund education, urging other stakeholders to be efficient in the use of resources. 

    In a remark, Head, Department of Adult Education, Professor Rashid Aderinoye maintained that the occasion was an avenue to draw public attention to advantages of Adult Education. 

    On his part the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in a massage through the Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede gave assurance that the present administration would do its all to promote education. 

    The event had in attendance dignitaries from all walks of life including the Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Ibadan National Station, Alhaji Muhammed Bello.

    Adedayo Adelowo