WHAT WILL ANY BODY EXPECT FROM THESE NEW GLORIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA CALLED UNIVERSITIES, AND ONE TO BE RAN BY AN ALUKO.
ALUKO FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY OF IFE AND WHAT HAPPENED IT WENT DOWN.
ALUKO FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN AND WHAT HAPPENED IT WENT DOWN.
ALUKO FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA AND WHAT HAPPENED IT WENT DOWN.
NO NIGERIA UNIVERSITY IS AMONG AFRICA BEST 80 UNIVERSITIES ON REAL COMPARATIVE MEASURES. NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES HAVE DECLINED BACK TO STONE AGES AND THE ONLY EDUCATION HAPPENING THERE ARE STUDENTS POSTING PICTURES IN SURROUNDING CYBER CAFE ON FACE BOOK, 419 LETTERS (WHEN NEPA ALLOWS) AND PROSTITUTION.
ALUKO FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN THE NIGERIA SENATE AS A SENATOR AND WHAT HAPPENED CORRUPTION WENT UP THE ROOF.
ALUKO FAMILY (PROFESSOR SAM ALUKO) WAS INVOLVED WITH ABACHA AS A MINISTER/ADVISER AND WHAT HAPPENDED TO THAT REGIME, IT BECAME THE MOST CORRUPT REGIME IN NIGERIA, AFRICA AND THE WORLD.
DO ANY SENSIBLE PERSON EXPECT ANY GOOD TO COME OUT OF OTUEKE WITH AN ALUKO INVOLVED - HELL NO. IF YOU MAY ASK HE LEFT HOWARD UNIVERISTY IN USA, AND THE QUESTION IS WAS HOWARD UNIVERSITY LEFT IN A BETTER SHAPE AFTER BOLAJI ALUKO LEFT - HELL NOOOOOO. INFACT HOWARD AND HIS DEPARTMENT ARE IN WORST SHAPE.
MAKE UNA GO SIDDON. ALL BOLAJI ALUKO IS DOING IS POSTURING WHILE THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND BROTHERS ARE WAITING ON THE WINGS TO FEED OUT FROM IT, AND LEAVE IT IN BAD SHAPE AS USUAL. ALL THESE TOO EARLY TRANSPARENCY (WHEN IS NOT NEEDED IS JUST HOW HE IS SETTING UP FOR THE KILL.
WAIT AND SEE.
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:45 PM, <rotfash@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thank you, General for your wise observation.
Obviously, your experience has been brought to bare.
The yorubas say: "t'omode meji ban 'geji ninu igbo, awon agba lo ma mo ibi to fe wo si." - meaning two children may be caught in the euphoria of tree felling as not to countenance what the elders know: the direction of fall.
I can say, without prejudice to the lofty ground work of prof Aluko, these new universities are just meant to be 'another' senseless PR stunt for this inept regime. Very soon, like the many 'glorified secondary schools' otherwise called Federal Universities,this new set of Universities shall be assailed with the same issues of funding and institutional decay.
Probably, Prof Aluko should prepare to tell rockefeller foundation and others to stand-by so that he is not disappointed at the end of the day.
As an electronics student in Unife, we had a semiconductor laboratory where research and low level manufacture could take place. The Nigerian Armed forces sent their personnel there, first for diploma and later degree. Why is it difficult to inject funds in there to make such a world-standard-based center? The answer is because GEJ must use that to deceive the electorate. With the GEJ I have watched from a distance, I am afraid nothing cogent would be done in infrastructural development of those schools UNTIL close to 2015 when he seeks renewal of his tenure.
As for me, I am not excited at it which is why, this is my first comment on this matter.
Rotimi.Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
From: ishola williams <Isholawilliams@yahoo.com>Sender: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.comDate: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 14:37:37 -0700 (PDT)ReplyTo: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: NigerianID | STAR INFORMATION: On JAMB Applications for University Courses for UTME 2011 - Re The Nine New Federal Universities in NigeriaProf,It can be irritating when somebody like me donot see the picture as you see it especially with your expertise and experince.There are also two sides to a story too.Are there no Engineering Institutitions with Management Sciences and No Hum/Soc Sc?Are we at the same stage of Dev with USA?Why does Obama harp on R and D in Cutting edge Tech and Engineering for Manufacturing ,Competitive advantage and job creation?Will it be a disadvantage for Ngeria if you have only SET courses to start with it and become MIT in the Future when you have alumni who can give Otuoke money?I have not asked that compulsory general non-degree courses be done in Hum/Soc Sc.Who I am to tell you and those who decided to create a University from Scratch when others (FED and States) are going down with ASUU strikes?Those wo have established private ones are also entrapped in the same mental state.GOODLUCK NIGERIA WITH PATIENCE AS YOU STRUGGLE IN OTUOKE.IW_________________
Ishola Williams
Maj-Gen. (Rtd)website: www.panafstrag.orgFrom: Bolaji <alukome@gmail.com>
To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 4:54 PM
Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: NigerianID | STAR INFORMATION: On JAMB Applications for University Courses for UTME 2011 - Re The Nine New Federal Universities in NigeriaGeneral Ishola Williams:Sometimes, your take on higher education is extremely narrow, Sir. You have a set view on how technology education should be, and you just constantly harp upon it.Moving on...You CANNOT for example, have a good science and engineering degree without a good liberal arts component. And while you do not have to have too many DEGREE programs in the humanities/social sciences, you should have SOME so that you can attract some of the best lecturers in that arena.Have you heard of Noam Chomsky? He is one of the best known political science and linguist, etc. professors in the United States. And yet he is a Professor at MIT, best known for science and technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_ChomskyQUOTEAvram Noam Chomsky ( /ˈnoÊŠm ˈtʃÉ'mski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher,[2][3] cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4] Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics,[5][6][7] and a major figure of analytic philosophy.[2] Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist,[8] referring to himself as a libertarian socialist. Chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his views.UNQUOTEIn the time being, your idea of using the experience of the oil and gas people in the area in the classroom is welcome, but one hopes to broaden that experience from just exploration to processing and value addition.Also remember that it is NOT teaching new courses that really matters, but GETTING people to teach not only those new courses, but old courses in new ways.Best wishes.Bolaji Aluko> Prof,there are many Universities in the that area with Humanities/Soc Sc.Therefore ,that is not your priority for a start.The Sierra Leoneans proverb says "HURRY.HURRY DEY BUST TROUSERS"Start in March 2012 with your SET especially Maths and Physics etc and then move up to Engineering,Robotics etc.Teach courses not taught anywhere in Nigeria and west Africa and lay a good foundation.> Please do someting new.DONOT FALL INTO THE NIGERIAN TRAP.IF THERE ARE BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES,resign but donot come back here,go to Ekiti and start an ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WITH EKITI PANUPO.LET THE EKITIS WALK THE TALK.iw the thoughts of a layymn and the commoner for the action of the intellectual. Â
> In the Mean time talk to the Oil and Gas Companies ask them what do they need etc,Make their adjunct prof,use thier labs and workshops as part of your faculty.
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> From: Mobolaji ALUKO alukome@...
> To: Omini Riman omini@...
> Cc: topcrest topcrest topcrestt@...; NaijaPolitics e-Group NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; OmoOdua OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com; "nigerianid@yahoogroups.com" nigerianID@yahoogroups.com; ekiti ekitigroups ekitipanupo@yahoogroups.com; USAAfrica Dialogue USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com; naijaintellects naijaintellects@googlegroups.com; NigerianWorldForum NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; "NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com" NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com; "dadejuwon@..." dadejuwon@...
> Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 3:10 PM
> Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: NigerianID | STAR INFORMATION: On JAMB Applications for University Courses for UTME 2011 - Re The Nine New Federal Universities in Nigeria
>
> Â> 1. Â It is looking as if each university will admit 200-250 students to start out. Â We are working hard to start as close to September 2011 as practicable, maybe a little later, but certainly before January 2012. Â Working hard on the take-off sites..
>
>
> Omini Riman:
>
> Thanks for your thoughts and interest.
>
>
> 2. Â Plans are to start with three faculties: Humanities/Soc. Sci + Science + a Professional Faculty depending on the regional focus. Â (For Otuoke, that is Science and Technology, which will not start in the first year).
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> 3. Â Rough plans are to have anywhere from 4-7 Â departments per faculty, which, when you add the HOD, comes to about 25 - 45 academic staff to start out with (roughly 6 lecturers per department, or degree program really).
>
> 4.  With 25 - 45 academic staff,  and the VC's office, the Registry, the Bursary, the Audit Department, Works, Security, etc. to  populate, we may be talking about 50 to 80 non-academic staff.
>
> 5. Â By the way, laws, budgets, etc. are being worked upon.
>
> 6. Â Tell your Assemblyman to support us - and education in general in Nigeria.
>
> But between the cup and the lip, a lot can still slip - so please stay tuned.  None of this is cast in stone.> Thank you as always Professir Aluko for such a clear breakdown of the universities. Before you sent your email, I have been scrambling all over the web for information on the new universities and have little detail. What is the estimated breakdown of students and staff that will be admitted for the first year in each university? Given that this is the first year and the Universities will be on a temporarily structure until the main buildings are erected.
>
> And there you have it.
>
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Omini Riman omini@... wrote:> >Â
> >Â
> >Omini Riman
> >
> >
> >From: Mobolaji ALUKO alukome@...
> >To: topcrest topcrest topcrestt@...
> >Cc: NaijaPolitics e-Group NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; OmoOdua OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com; "nigerianid@yahoogroups.com" nigerianID@yahoogroups.com; ekiti ekitigroups ekitipanupo@yahoogroups.com; USAAfrica Dialogue USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com; naijaintellects naijaintellects@googlegroups.com; NigerianWorldForum NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 2:22 PM
> >Subject: Re: NigerianID | STAR INFORMATION: On JAMB Applications for University Courses for UTME 2011 - Re The Nine New Federal Universities in Nigeria
> >
> >
> >Joe Attueyi:
> >
> >
> >Lord have mercy! Â Which kin' tin be dis?> >Rather, a university determines what it focuses on based on certain criteria - which determines in particular the lecturers that it recruits, the research that it does, etc. - Â and students then come to it based on its reputation, Â following which it can adjust depending on the general cadre of students that it gets.
> >
> >
> >You are taking your free market principles to ridiculous extents, into the arena of higher education...when did students ever determine a university's focus?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >For example, on what basis do students choose to do computer science in Otuoke? Â On what basis does it decide not to want to study French at Dutse?> >For your information, we are hoping to have Otuoke more science based than humanities based - 70/30 enrollment in favor of science/engineering/technology. Â and even more engineering/technology based than pure science - something like 60/40. Â So if the initial enrollment is 200, then about 60 will be humanities, 140 will be SET. Â Of the SET, about 60 will be Science and 80 will be E/T.
> >
> >
> >Please don't take your free market principles to more ridiculous extents.
> >
> >> >And there you have it. Â If we build it, they will come! :-) Â We won;t have students decide to do pottery and Yoruba Studies in Otuoke, and then open all our doors to them because of Joe's jejune free-market tunnel vision.
> >In research, we are hoping to focus on energy and environmental studies research, on marine and wetland studies, and on peace, governance and development matters.
> >
> >> >"Please note that for expediency sake, Â these courses were entered on the JAMB website for the new universities even before each decided on exactly what courses to offer, which eventually will depend on the university and its regional focus..."
> >
> >
> >Mba nu!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Bolaji Aluko
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, topcrest topcrest topcrestt@... wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>Prof
> >>There is nothing like the market as a neutral determinant of services required. The courses to be offered should NOT be determined by "the university and its regional focus.".Â> >>JoeÂ
> >>
> >>
> >>NOBODY wants to study French in Dutse and many want to study computer science in Otuoke. Though many want to study political science at Otuoke few want to study statistics. These are the parameters that should drive the university's focus--not some civil- servant-produced-focus
> >>
> >>> >>Subject: NigerianID | STAR INFORMATION: On JAMB Applications for University Courses for UTME 2011 - Re The Nine New Federal Universities in NigeriaÂ
> >>
> >>
> >>From: Mobolaji ALUKO alukome@...
> >>To: NaijaPolitics e-Group NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; OmoOdua OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com; "nigerianid@yahoogroups.com" nigerianID@yahoogroups.com; ekiti ekitigroups ekitipanupo@yahoogroups.com; USAAfrica Dialogue USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com; naijaintellects naijaintellects@googlegroups.com; NigerianWorldForum NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com; nitpa nitpa@yahoogroups.com; naija_it_professionals Naija_IT_Professionals@yahoogroups.com; Ekiti FOCUS ekitifocusgroup@...Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 11:50:30 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>Â
> >>SUMMARY INFORMATION ON JAMB APPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY COURSES FOR UTME 2011> >>â€" THE NINE NEW FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA> >>Below are the numbers of those who chose these nine universities as FIRST CHOICE in 2011  - just above 18,000 applicants.  Another 10,000 students or so chose them as SECOND CHOICE.  Please note that for expediency sake,  these courses were entered on the JAMB website for the new universities even before each decided on exactly what courses to offer, which eventually will depend on the university and its regional focus.
> >>
> >>
> >>(Dutse, Dutsin-Ma, Ekiti, Kashere, Lafia, Lokoja, Ndufu-Alike, Otuoke & Wukari)
> >>
> >>
> >>(Source: Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Dear Compatriots:
> >>
> >>> >>vc@...Â
> >>
> >>
> >>The performance of these students relative to the cut-off marks for the various courses remains to be evaluated in detail - in late July.
> >>
> >>
> >>In the first year of admission, the nine universities may have space for no more than 2000 students to start with from their various take-off sites, but that number will increase rapidly in subsequent years as they move to more permanent sites.
> >>
> >>
> >>In the time being, do be on the look-out for official adverts for academic and non-academic staff positions in the various universities.
> >>
> >>
> >>Stay tuned.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Bolaji Aluko
> >>VC, Federal University Otuoke> >>7 COMPUTERÂ SCIENCE 64 66 29 85 419 241 256 457 69 1686
> >>
> >>
> >>To request more info on FUO: please write to info@...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>S/N COURSE DUTSE DUTSIN-MA EKITI KASHERE LAFIA LOKOJA NDUFU OTUOKE WUKARI TOTAL
> >>(BY COURSE)
> >>1 ACCOUNTING 112 54 63 147 917 358 625 1438 286 4000
> >>2 BIOCHEMISTRY 65 18 17 34 417 109 244 207 35 1146
> >>3 BIOLOGY 71 29 0 29 77 9 31 53 16 315
> >>4 BOTANY 1 0 1 6 16 2 5 13 3 47
> >>5 CHEMISTRY 12 11 1 6 54 13 16 32 4 149
> >>6 CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE/STUDIES 1 0 1 4 27 2 16 27 1 79
> >>8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 39 12 3 25 214 33 190 434 42 992> >>10 FRENCH 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 Â 3 2 16
> >>9 FINE ART 2 1 0 2 22 9 4 39 3 82> >>11 GEOGRAPHY 65 37 1 29 233 23 13 47 29 477> >>13 ISLAMIC STUDIES 55 17 0 18 103 7 0 Â 1 7 208
> >>12 HISTORY 10 8 0 0 26 4 18 16 3 85> >>14 LINGUISTICS 3 3 4 1 47 5 45 97 12 217
> >>15 MATHEMATICS 7 7 1 3 41 13 18 40 5 135
> >>16 MICROBIOLOGY 96 30 7 55 852 106 266 209 47 1668
> >>17 NIGERIAN LANGUAGES 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15
> >>18 PHILOSOPHY 3 1 2 1 71 12 48 88 20 246
> >>19 PHYSICS 1 15 2 4 143 15 21 35 3 239
> >>20 POLITICAL SCIENCE 125 57 25 150 1180 385 763 1162 243 4090
> >>21 SOCIOLOGY 48 20 12 109 717 143 327 698 144 2218
> >>22 STATISTICS 5 2 2 7 40 14 17 24 7 118
> >>23 ZOOLOGY 1 2 0 1 36 2 4 23 4 73> >>Â TOTAL
> >>(BY UNIVERSITY) 795 394 171 717 5660 1505 2930 5144 985 18301> >>Â
> >>Prepared in present form by Bolaji Aluko (June 22, 2011)
> >>
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> >>
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