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 Nigeria's Perilous University System: SOS Mr. President Tinubu By Prof M.K. Othman Today, public university employees are Nigeria's most disenchanted, discontented, and embittered workers. The segment of the academic staff housing the teachers is at the bottom of the ladder in this villainous classification. The university lecturers are the crème de la crème of the sane society and deserve special treatment to do their best for societal development. For example, before becoming a professor in a Nigerian university, one must have been among those who passed academic examinations excellently and took the first to fifth position in a class at both primary and secondary school levels. Furthermore, the person must acquire at least three degrees and spend not less than 16 years after first-degree graduation, in addition to having several academic publications and mentorship of students. The eggheads in the university are the intellectual bank for innovative solutions to societal cha...

 Right to food Act: Nigerians Must Not go to Bed on Empty Stomachs By Prof M.K. Othman Professor Gbolagade Ayoola is an obscure personality among the downtrodden Nigerians, the category of people he has doggedly fought for all his life. If Nigeria is a country that recognizes and celebrates heroes and fighters of human rights, Ayoola would have been the Mahatma Gandhi of Nigeria; his portraits and objects immortalizing him would have littered every nook and cranny of Nigeria. Today, we are grateful for Ayoola's success in drafting the Right Food Act, which allows Nigerians to hold their elected officials accountable and even take them to court if they go hungry. The government is not required to provide food for the people free of charge. However, the government has a constitutional responsibility to formulate and implement policies to ensure all Nigerians' Right to food and food security. Failure of government policies to guarantee people access to qualitative food empowers th...

 Readers Comments By Prof. MK Othman Un petit pose—to use the French language for a break. Again, this week, I am fulfilling my promise of sharing some of my readers' views on several issues discussed in this column to provide broader perspectives for clarity. While I sincerely appreciate my readers' effort to comment on the issues I raised, I cannot publish all the comments because of time, space, and currency. I selected a few comments to share this week and next week. I will resume the column with another topical issue for the pleasure of my esteemed readers, God willing. I wish my readers a happy and prosperous new year, 2024.   Kaduna NIPR Annual Lecture: Taliban Minna's Moment of Glory at Information Minister's Platform    Thanks, Prof, for a well-written article on the above subject, as usual. Your comment on the use of vaccines as a tool for population control is what caught my attention, and I would like to contest that assertion where you said: "There are...

 Re: Zulum, Engineering Professor, Dexterity and the Courage of Conviction By Prof MK Othman   It is time to pause and allow readers to air their views on the many issues featured in this Column. This week and next, I will share some of my readers' views to give broader perspectives on the issues discussed in this Column. One of the critical issues was that of Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum. He is a governor of the most troubled state, Borno, due to insurgency and the effects of climate change. To see the evidence, compare the current map of Lake Chad with that of 50 years ago. In the last one and half decades, 100,000s people were displaced; some were orphaned, widowed, incapacitated, had broken families, and lost hope, while many migrated out of the state until a salvage materialized. Zulum emerged from the obscurity of the academic arena through agility and the courage of conviction. He took the gauntlet as a rector of a polytechnic, a soft spot for Boko Ha...