Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

"I am well informed about what is going on in education in Nigeria. I have worked and continue to work closely with faculty in Nigerian universities—from UNILAG, UNIPORT and UNN to UNIBEN, UNIJOS, and UNILORIN. Nkolika Ebele, if you ask, I'd be happy to send you privately some home truths about Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) where you teach. Was the "hand out" business not flourishing in Unizik until your former Vice Chancellor, Professor Ilochi Okafor, intervened to put an end to the fraud? I have visited your university's so-called "Teaching Hospital" in Nnewi three times. What I saw was a far cry from what I knew about teaching hospitals when I was at the University of Nigeria. The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu was a center of excellence not only for top-notch healthcare delivery but also for serious medical research. Back then, Consultants and Surgeons at UNTH (Udekwu, Ogan, Okoro, Adi, Chukwudebelu, etc) were surgeons in the truest sense of the word—performing complicated surgeries, from brain to open heart surgeries."

Prof Obioma,

Yu are entitled to your opinion, however I suggest that you lead a delegation for the closure of this so called "Teaching hospital' where surgeons and consultants (Like Prof A Nwako)  who made UNTH  what it is  work.
Nkolika

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From: "Nnaemeka, Obioma G" <nnaemeka@iupui.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:34 PM
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

 

Nkolika Ebele & Danoye Oguntola:

I wish to respond to your contributions simultaneously. I offer my response as a clarification of my posting to which your responses supposedly refer. This will be my last contribution to a discussion of this issue on this list. I stand by every word of my contribution. After reading your posts, I came to this conclusion—either you did not read my contribution or you could not understand what I contributed. Your responses are baffling because they are "responding" to what is not in my contribution. There is nowhere in the contribution that I mentioned the United States. There is no attempt to compare Nigerian universities and American universities. Not even a passing reference is made to Professor Mobolaji Aluko. My contribution is NOT about the USA; it is NOT about Professor Aluko, a well-regarded scholar/academic and much respected colleague. In my view, Professor Aluko abandoning a plum job in the United States to return to Nigeria to head Otuoke University is a gesture in courage and patriotism for which I applaud him.

It is strange that you decided to side-step the specificity of my contribution. I am specific in two areas: (1) historical moments and (2) the current hasty and questionable modalities for creating universities by our current incompetent president. I have no intention to trash higher education experience in Nigeria. My contribution speaks to specific historical moments and specific university formation. I am an alumna of the University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka. I am very proud of and grateful for the world-class education I received from that institution. For many years, I had the privilege of teaching at UNN. It is a recognition of and tribute to the top-notch education I received at UNN that I, armed with an undergraduate degree, went through a rigorous admission process for graduate studies at US universities and was offered admission with a teaching assistantship. I was not an assistant to a professor; I had full responsibility for my own class. My first quarter at the US university, I was in the classroom teaching undergraduates with only an undergraduate degree from UNN to my name. Also, when I was at UNN, we had students from all over West Africa-- from Cameroon to as far away as the Gambia. They came to UNN and some of Nigeria's premier universities at the time because of these institutions' reputation for offering excellent education. Currently, the reverse is the case. Nigerian parents are sending their children to Ghana for undergraduate studies. Nkolika Ebele, how many Ghanaians, Cameroonians or Sierra Leoneans are studying at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, where Google tells me you teach? Do you know Igbo families that have sent their kids to Ghana for studies?

Nkolika Ebele, please do not lecture me about Zik and the establishment of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. You should instead get a copy of the history of UNN that was published in the 1980s and educate yourself about the formation of that institution. Unlike President Jonathan who conjured up the establishment of NINE universities two months into his presidency with the order that they admit students within one year, Nnamdi Azikiwe spent years to found the University of Nigeria. He reached out to entities and institutions inside and outside Nigeria (for example, Michigan State University at Lansing) for assistance and collaboration in institution building—curriculum development, research and development, faculty development and exchange, etc. Obafemi Awolowo did the same for the University of Ife in terms of spending time to think through and execute the project in collaboration with diverse bodies. Nnamdi Azikiwe is from Onitsha but did not choose his home town to site UNN; he chose Nsukka instead. Obafemi Awolowo is from Okene but decided to locate the university he helped to establish in Ife. These two gentlemen were visionary leaders who came to serve, unlike the rogues we currently have who come to be served. Here comes Jonathan. It took him two months into his presidency to conceive and begin the execution of his "university" project. And where did he locate one of his nine "universities"? Otuoke, his village. And, Nkolika Ebele, you do not see anything wrong with this picture!

The point I made in my contribution and wish to reiterate here is this: Nigeria is currently led (misled, rather) by a bunch of self-serving nincompoops that have ferociously decimated the educational system. I am well informed about what is going on in education in Nigeria. I have worked and continue to work closely with faculty in Nigerian universities—from UNILAG, UNIPORT and UNN to UNIBEN, UNIJOS, and UNILORIN. Nkolika Ebele, if you ask, I'd be happy to send you privately some home truths about Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) where you teach. Was the "hand out" business not flourishing in Unizik until your former Vice Chancellor, Professor Ilochi Okafor, intervened to put an end to the fraud? I have visited your university's so-called "Teaching Hospital" in Nnewi three times. What I saw was a far cry from what I knew about teaching hospitals when I was at the University of Nigeria. The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu was a center of excellence not only for top-notch healthcare delivery but also for serious medical research. Back then, Consultants and Surgeons at UNTH (Udekwu, Ogan, Okoro, Adi, Chukwudebelu, etc) were surgeons in the truest sense of the word—performing complicated surgeries, from brain to open heart surgeries.

Danoye Oguntola, it is really unfortunate that you failed to address the issues I raised in my contribution but chose instead to spew a diatribe in which you question my patriotism and throw stones at "Obioma and her likes": "Obioma and her likes are Nigerians that see nothing good in this country, cannot contribute anything to this country and will never contribute anything to the country." I do not know which research took you to the conclusion that I "cannot and will never contribute anything to the country." My dear compatriot, I wish to state categorically that I have paid my dues as far as contributing to education in Nigeria is concerned. For the past decade or so, I spend at least four months of each year in Africa where I have worked and still work in over thirty African countries, including Nigeria, on issues ranging from development, peace and human rights to education, health and democratization.

My work in Nigeria focuses on education. As I mentioned earlier, for many years, I was a lecturer in a Nigerian university where I taught thousands of Nigerians. As a board member of some Nigerian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), I have worked closely with Nigerians on education projects. I am the president and CEO of a foundation that focuses on the education of women and girls in Nigeria. Three years ago, I was invited to Abuja to deliver a keynote at the "Education Summit" organized by the Senate Committee on Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC). I have organized two huge internal conferences in Nigeria; the second one (on "Gender and Education in the Age of Globalization") that was held in Abuja in 2009 and supported by NUC attracted hundreds of participants from forty-two countries. I know a whole lot about education in Nigeria and can speak authoritatively on the issue. My commitment in this area is beyond question. Danoye Oguntola, contrary to what you may think, I am not this distant, curious and cynical observer that is peeping through the keyhole to watch the drama unfolding inside. As a Nigerian and an educator, I speak "because I am involved" (to borrow the title of C. Odumegwu-Ojukwu's book). I have a dog in the fight. Am I appalled and angered by what is happening to education in Nigeria? Of course I am! I speak with the urgency of now because I care.

Instead of attacking me, I wish both of you would have seriously considered the two suggestions I made for improvement: "go back to basics by investing in solid primary and secondary education and make serious and sustained effort to rebuild, revitalize and salvage existing universities." Are these not reasonable suggestions? When I was growing up in Nigeria, I was the beneficiary of excellent free primary education, thanks to Awolowo, Azikiwe and the other patriotic leaders of the time. The secondary education I received from Queen's School, Enugu, was world-class. Queen's School fully equipped me for university work. I was college material when I stepped on UNN campus. Unfortunately, one cannot make a similar assertion for many current freshmen in some of our country's universities.

Currently, the provision of quality primary education by the government is nonexistent. What I see in Abuja are private primary and secondary schools popping up in every three to four blocks, charging an arm and a leg in the name of tuition. Only less than ten percent of Nigerian families can afford the exorbitant fees. What happens to children from the ninety percent of families that cannot afford to send their kids to the private schools? These kids are left to languish in horrible "schools." In the end, they go through the motion; take WAEC and JAMB and end up in some of the phony universities that Jonathan has planted. After four more years of miseducation, these abused kids are pushed into the society hardly able to put two sentences together. And we call this hoax education! P-L-E-A-S-E!! Instead of building these hastily cobbled together phony "universities", the government (at the state and federal levels) should reinvest in the revitalization of existing universities, including yours. Danoye Oguntola provides his rationale for the justification of the establishment of substandard universities by the federal government: "May I also add that, the federal universities are the "cheapest" in term of fees that is payable by students." Really! If you give "cheapest," you will receive "cheapest"—that's the way it goes.

Coincidently, as I am writing this response, an e-mail that came into my inbox contains information about the current issue of Matatu, titled Focus on Nigeria. It contains an article by Tomi Adeaga titled "The Decline in the Nigerian Educational Standards." Both of you may want to take a look at it. It is most discouraging that some academics in the declining Nigerian educational system are not even aware of how terribly wrong the system is. The uninterrogated acceptance of the increasingly deplorable system is alarming. I see a glimmer of hope, though. I am in touch with many lecturers and administrators in Nigerian universities who share the concerns articulated in my contribution. We all need to work together to critique what is wrong, preserve what is right and device new ways to bring change.

 

Obioma Nnaemeka, PhD

Chancellor's Distinguished Professor
President, Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
Dept. of World Languages & Cultures   Phone: 317-278-2038; 317-274-0062 (messages)
Cavanaugh Hall 543A                          Fax: 317-278-7375

Indiana University                               E-mail: nnaemeka@iupui.edu
425 University Boulevard                   

Indianapolis, IN 46202  USA

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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] on behalf of danoye oguntola [danoyeoguntola@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:06 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

Dear All, It is indeed a shame that people like Obioma will represent Nigerian universities in such terms that she had deployed in her response to Aluko's information on matriculation at Otueke. Yes there are gingantic univerisites in the United States, but this will not deny the fact that there are also universities there that seem from out side as glorified secondary schools. If this is correct, then I think Obioma and her likes are Nigerians that see nothing good in this country, cannot contribute anything to this country and will never contribute anything to the country. Am happy she was educated in the same system that she had just castigated. Let me remind her that those like her that schooled in Nigerian before her made similar claims that theirs were the best the country could offer. And till now the cycle of "in our time" continue. The secondary schools in the same education system in Nigeria continue to produce candidates for the universities in the west.This is a clear demonstration of the quality of our system. Permit me to state here that there are Nigerians in the United States that are sending thier children to Nigerian Universities. We can go on and on. I am a product of this system and am proud of it anytime. This is not to deny that there is no need for improvement of the system on all fronts. If we look at Nigerian population and juxtapose it with munber of universities in the country then we may want to agree that we need more. May I also add that, the federal universities are the "cheapest"in term of fees that is payable by students. So Obioma, we shall see like Nkolika said "if you are right in the next few years". But am sure you and your likes shall be proved wrong.

Laguda

From: Nkolika Ebele <nkolikae@yahoo.com>
To: "usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

Prof Obioma

We shall see whether you are right in the next few years when these Universities would have produced their first graduants. Zik was criticised for siting UNN at Nsukka. But when the graduates came out they were some of the best.  So time shall tell. But I must advise that you do not dismiss other peoples' experiences. Prof Bolaji Aluko could not have left USA to come and kill time at Otuoke.

Nkolika

From: "Nnaemeka, Obioma G" <nnaemeka@iupui.edu>
To: "usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:38 AM
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

There is no wisdom (finite or infinite) in what this clueless President Jonathan is doing. The most egregious crime Jonathan and his fellow travelers have inflicted on Nigeria is the gutting of the educational system. Few months after this guy came into power, he established not one, not two, but NINE "universities." Within one year of his misrule, numerous glorified secondary schools ("universities") started popping up all over our landscape. He ensured that one of these "universities" is located in his village, Otueke (Otu who?). One wonders which feasibility study was done in a couple of months to throw up Otueke as an ideal location for an institution of higher learning. Only blatant abuse of power can manufacture this hasty thoughtlessness.  I am convinced that Nigeria, Jonathan or no Jonathan, cannot in a year build a university and open its doors to students. True universities are not built that way. What solid arrangements were made for suitable infrastructure, adequate instructional resources and curriculum development, and hiring of a critical mass of reputable faculty?  The violence that is being inflicted on our young citizens in the name of "education"  will have a long history, unfortunately. As an educator, I weep for my country (Nigeria) and the current generation of Nigerians who are denied the access to top-notch education that Nigeria offered to my generation. I hear that Jonathan is planning to build more of these so-called universities. Nigeria does not need and certainly does not deserve these phony "universities" that spew thousands of half-baked graduates each year. What Nigeria needs is to take two initiatives simultaneously in the next few years--go back to basics by investing in solid primary and secondary education and make serious and sustained effort to rebuild, revitalize and salvage existing universities.

Obioma Nnaemeka, PhD
Chancellor's Distinguished Professor
President, Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
Dept. of World Languages & Cultures  Phone: (317) 278-2038
Cavanaugh Hall 543A                  317-274-7611/0062 (messages)
Indiana University                        Fax: (317) 278-7375
425 University Boulevard            E-mail: nnaemeka@iupui.edu
Indianapolis, IN 46202  USA   

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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cornelius Hamelberg
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 5:16 PM
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University Anthem

Sir Adeshina Afolayan,

Methinks that you think that in this context the Nigerian President's " Infinite wisdom" is nothing short of a little sincere diplomatic sycophancy from Professor Bolaji Aluko´s great store of learning and wisdom. In his infinite wisdom and mercy, President Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR might soon be releasing some more much needed funding to the University. You must understand this Sir.

It's nothing as crude or simple as the fox and the raven

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Bcrnk_timediscountb&gs_rn=3&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=21&gs_id=7&xhr=t&q=The+fox+and+the+raven&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=The+fox+and+the+raven&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42553238,d.bGE&fp=938c58edee3526d8&biw=1024&bih=634

And if the President were a young maiden, some relevant poetry could come in handy....

On Feb 18, 9:26 pm, "Anunoby, Ogugua" <Anuno...@lincolnu.edu> wrote:
> Now we know that there is one more employee who believes that their employer is possessing of infinite wisdom. President Jonathan for me, is a wise man with a tough job at a tough time in a putrescent system. Is he possessing of infinite wisdom? No. Not if he is human as even he acknowledges that he is. Let us just say that somebody misspoke.
>
> oa
>
> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
> shina73_1...@yahoo.com
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:17 AM
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FU OTUOKE MATRICULATION: The
> Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University
> Anthem
>
> "So I first ask that you join me in thanking our major benefactors - the Otuoke Community and the Federal Government of Nigeria, and especially His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, who in his infinite wisdom ensured that this was one of the nine universities set up in 2011 in consonance with his Transformation Agenda"
>
> Prof. Aluko.
>
> Please pardon my ignorance, but I got to this part of your "very, very short speech" and I was compelled to pause. My mind refused to accept the ascription. So I went back up the speech and read down again with the same result. Did you ascribe 'infinite wisdom' to Jonathan? Is that admin-speak? Or a typo? Or maybe I am missing some contextual import of the speech?
>
> In spite of that, allow me to express my pride in what you have began to do at FUO Sir. I am proud of your energy and optimism robustly outlined in the maiden matriculation speech. The Lord Almighty in his INFINITE WISDOM will elevate you and make your dreams come to pass!
>
> Adeshina Afolayan
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
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> Matriculation Speech by VC Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, and the University
> Anthem
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> [http://fuotuoke.edu.ng/sites/default/files/slideshow/Matric_Visitor's
> ...]
>
> Prof. JD Amin (VC FU Dutse), Prof. Mohammed Farouk (VC FU Kashere),
> Prof. Mobolaji Aluko (VC FU Otuoke), Prof. Allison Ogoru (SSG, Bayelsa
> State), Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai (Federal Minister of Education) on the
> Maiden Matriculation procession of Federal University Otuoke (February
> 16, 2013)
>
> [http://fuotuoke.edu.ng/sites/default/files/slideshow/FU%20Otuoke%20st
> ...] Undergraduate Students of FU Otuoke taking the University's
> Matriculation Oath
>
> [http://fuotuoke.edu.ng/sites/all/themes/global/logo.png]
>
> FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OTUOKE
>
> MATRICULATION ADDRESS
>
> BY
>
> Professor Mobolaji Ebenezer Aluko
> Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Otuoke February 16, 2013
>
> Your Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, ably represented by the Federal Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai OON; the Governor of the State of Bayelsa, Hon.  Henry Seriake Dickson, ably represented by Prof.  Allison  Ogoru, Secretary to the State Government, Bayelsa State, the First Lady of the Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, represented by the First Lady of Bayelsa State; the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, ; the Federal, State and Local Government Legislators here present, Our  Fathers and Mothers Temporal and Spiritual here present, in particular the Obanema of this great community of Otuoke, HRH Lot Justin Ogiasa Oke X,  as well as the visiting king of my hometown of Ode-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Adara Aderiye;  my colleague Vice-Chancellors Prof. Mohammed Farouk of Federal University Kashere (Gombe State), Prof. J.D. Amin from Federal University Dutse (Jigawa State),  Registrar Mr. Jalingo from the sister Federal University Wukari (Taraba State), also representing the Wukari Vice-Chancellor Prof. Geoffrey Okogbaa ,  the staff of our great University, the Matriculating Students of the Federal University Otuoke, their parents and other family members and friends, distinguished members of the Media, my mother Mrs. Joyce Aluko, who is present with us here today,  members of the university's Academic Brief team  here present who laid the academic foundations of this university, ladies and gentlemen. I say, Welcome to our neat and friendly town of Otuoke, the only town in the world in which the home of the President of the Nation; its one and only primary school; its one and only junior secondary school; its one and only senior secondary school and this one and only new federal university of ours are all on the same street, and on the same side of the street!
>
> Alua o, nua o, do oh, ekaabo, welcome!
>
> I do not intend to make a long speech but it gives me great pleasure as the Pioneer Vice-Chancellor to address you on this Sixteenth Day of February, 2013, on this momentous occasion of the Maiden Matriculation Ceremony of our university.  You may be aware that we were slated to hold this event back in October 2012, when the 282 students who you see to my right here started an orientation week that was to culminate in a Matriculation Ceremony.  However, the great floods of 2012 intervened, and caused first a two-month hiatus from orientation/class related activities, followed by a period to restore our campus after acting as a refuge for flood victims from the Otuoke community during the period.  Ironically, it was this same flood-victimized Otuoke community that had tasked itself for the past two years now to both contribute and raise money to build from ground up all of the main blue-roofed structures that your eyes can see on these grounds on just 15 hectares out of a 200-hecatare lot donated by the community   This magnanimity was rewarded with federal government money through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to upgrade the innards and externalities of three of the eight buildings in order for the university to commence academic activities in the shortest possible time.
>
> So I first ask that you join me in thanking our major benefactors - the Otuoke Community and the Federal Government of Nigeria, and especially His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, who in his infinite wisdom ensured that this was one of the nine universities set up in 2011 in consonance with his Transformation Agenda effort of ensuring equity, greater access, quality, regional focus and direct Diaspora leadership input in tertiary education in the country. We also thank the State Government of Bayelsa for its financial contributions to the university so far, for carrying out the geographical survey of the land of the university and ensuring its gazetted turning over to the federal government.  In addition, the Bayelsa State Government is undertaking the ongoing building of ten blocks of staff quarters (which you see with red roofs to our right).
>
> The 282 pioneering students whose day it is today are drawn from a pool of about 10,000 applicants from 22 states, of which 465 were given admission, 292 paid their full fees, and out of which 282 eventually reported for classes, and remained continuously reporting five weeks into the start of the semester.  The 282 students comprise 98 females and 184 males drawn from 19 states of the federation - that is all of the 17 Southern zonal States and 2 states (Benue and Kogi) of the Northern zonal states.  142 of them are in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (with two departments and six programs), and 140 of them are in the Faculty of Science and Engineering (with three departments of six programs), the only two Faculties that we have at this time.  The students are enrolled in twelve programs across the two faculties and five departments: English and Communication Studies, History and Internal Relations; Accounting and Finance, Economics and Development, Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science and Strategic Studies (all in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), as well as Biochemistry, Microbiology, Chemistry, Mathematics with Statistics, Computer Science and Informatics, and Physics with Electronics/Power, all in the Faculty of Science & Engineering.  89 of the 98 females have University residence, while 103 of the 184 male students have chosen university residence.
>
> So secondly, I ask you to join me in thanking their parents and family members who have expressed their confidence in us to be in loco parentis to these their precious wards for the next three, four and hopefully not five years before they graduate.
>
> If you were to look closely at the quality of our student intake and
> staff employed, and the excellence of our facilities - which facilities I invite you to visit after this Matriculation event -  what you will find is that what we have begun to create here at Otuoke is a citadel of learning, teaching, research, and community service for the generation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge (in consonance with ...
>
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