Bobstar: That's one of the reason ASUU is fighting against government on funding issue.. You see such amount donated to private university and Mr governor will not do that to public university! So pathetic... All they want is to make private university to strive just like their private primary schools and private secondary school have outshorn government own... Only GOd can save us from slavery and selfish interests of our git leaders...

me_for_you: they are not normal private universities like oyedipo's own. they are owned by the church. madonna - catholic. paul - anglican. and anambrarians are church going people.
all these peter obi posts. is he the only governor in nigeria? what aregbesola of osun whose mixture of religious schools in osun is now causing riot?

aventura:
Did you just say elongate?

They will very much jullipate the on going strike to a palpable uxonquency, and that is my fear.

ijbeauty: 4 once I hv heard dat d state govt helped my PRESTIGIOUS skul ( Madonna).
Kudos dearest governor 4 ur kind gestures...
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All u HATERS ranting here dat its a wrong move, dnt d skul pay tax? R de nt among d revenue generating source 4 Anambra state?
Abeg I see notin wrong in wat he did (if its true sha, cos I knw my chancellor).

#no sentiment attached#

ijbeauty: 4 once I hv heard dat d state govt helped my PRESTIGIOUS skul ( Madonna).
Kudos dearest governor 4 ur kind gestures...
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All u HATERS ranting here dat its a wrong move, dnt d skul pay tax? R de nt among d revenue generating source 4 Anambra state?
Abeg I see notin wrong in wat he did (if its true sha, cos I knw my chancellor).

#no sentiment attached#

Pukkah: Is it proper for governments to donate cash to private companies?

Is this not like giving part of the resources of the people (or tax payers' money) to private businesses?

Is the reason given by the Governor (that the schools train Anambra children) good enough? Why can't the Governor continue to build and support the state-owned institutions?

Would those Anambra children pay cheaper fees in those private universities or continue to pay the high fees that all private universities charge?

Does it not amount a misplacement of priorities for a state that cannot boast of adequate supply of drinking water to the people to be funding private businesses?

Why give outright donations rather than loans or grants or investment or concessionary rates for tax and levies?


I think that some day, this bogus and needless donation will be investigated and the Governor may not come out clean.

Okija_juju:


Who be this vulcanizer..

ijbeauty:
Kiss my ass.. Ode

See Ekuke dey wan form Rotweiller..

You wan upgrade your Yansh to Arss..

Okija_juju:

See Ekuke dey wan form Rotweiller..

You wan upgrade your Yansh to Arss..

Pukkah:

Kindly direct me to where Peter Obi said the donations are to support specific R and D or other noble initiatives.

Also note that this is not a grant or other forms of non-cash support. Again, what's the stage of development of the state or country that wants to give out cash to private businesses?

Does this action make sense in capitalism? Why should government use public capital to strengthen private businesses?

This is the reason gave by Obi:



You may also provide references of this type of model in those 'Most of d top Schools in d USA' which you stated that they receive 'huge support' from the government.

ijbeauty:
U sound frustrated,
U can go ahead and hug transformer... Non of my biz.. D money has bin donated weda u like it or not. Sorry ok? :p

naptu2: Question: when did this squandermania and Father Christmas business start?

Who owns those schools?

Consider the answers to these two questions and you'll easily decipher the motive for these donations.

Okija_juju:

1. The Squandermania started since forever ago. Donating 200 SUVs cars to Chiefs, Cars to Civil service directors, e.t.c

2. The schools belong to Churches

taharqa: Will you keep quiet and stop asking me silly questns... I bliv that Govt shld fund Research and Development, as well as maybe Specific interventions, in Every institution of higher learning, for more than 10yrs subject to the limit of Govt's available funds of course. It has always been my belief, and has nothing to do with this particular Anambra case (I do not even know what Gov Obi intended d donated Fund to be used for sef). Even while condemning dat aspect of d ASUU Agreement few weeks ago that forced d FG to practicali take over d funding of State Univs, I made a clear exception to funding specific to Research or other Interventions (for instance, I hv always supported TETFund's interventions in State Univs)... Even in d US like I previously said, Harvard and many of those Great Univs you hear about are Private Schools, yet Govt (tru various Agencies and Special Funds like NASA, Navy, Airforce, Cancer Fund, Nanotechnology Fund, etc) is one of d highest, if not d highest in sm fields, contributor to Research and Development in many of those Univs and others in the country. Lets not allow Sillly Sentiments or Crowd mentality blind us abeg. You may want to question what area and why Gov Obi intended in releasing these interventions/donations (I do too) but don't questn the very essence of Govt's funding of (or, even nonfinancial assistance to) Universities, Public or Private, only just cos sm of them are 'Private Businesses'. Knowledge is Universal

Pukkah: Is it proper for governments to donate cash to private companies?

Is this not like giving part of the resources of the people (or tax payers' money) to private businesses?

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Guyman02:

Even Obama gave bailout money to GM and Ford motors because the create jobs for Americans just like those private institutions do within their locality in Anambra.