The president, represented by Prof. Chiedu Mafiana,
Executive Director at the National University Commission, spoke in
Ilorin at the 32nd convocation of the University of Ilorin.
According
to him, it is the expectation of government that in the near future,
universities should be self-reliant and provide substantial portion of
their needed funds.
Buhari also said that government was deeply concerned about developments in the nation’s universities.
“Government
is uncomfortable that our citadels of learning which should be training
grounds for probity, social justice and decorum have become havens for
gross indiscipline, cultism, sexual harassment, immorality, indecency,
violence, unnecessary demonstrations and all forms of anti-social
behaviours," Buhari added.
The president
stressed the need for a proper communication channel between students
and management to enable both parties interact, dialogue and consult
freely.
He said “This will help to engender peace,
tolerance, orderliness, self-discipline, sobriety and attitudinal
change in our institutions of higher learning.’’
Buhari
warned leaders of universities that they would be held responsible for
every positive and negative actions in their respective institutions.
He told the graduates that the country does not have the means to provide jobs for all of them.
Buhari
appealed to them to strive to engage in one form of productive activity
or the other, adding that the present economic recession is not
peculiar to Nigeria.
He said the socio-economic
situation has been brought about by our collective failures, dependency
on oil exports to the exclusion of other products.
The
president explained that the administration was doing everything
possible to restructure the economy and change our ways of doings
things.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof Abdul Ganiyu
Ambali, said that the university would inaugurate 20 projects, 12 of
them executed with Internally Generated Revenue.
He appealed to the graduates to be hard working and be active in the university alumni activities.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 8,038 former students were conferred with degrees and diplomas.
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