Great Nigerian Students!, the response comes as "Great!"; this is a close - to - the - lip 'song' of students in Nigeria from time immemorial. The dialogue has served as an insignia / emblem of the Nigerian students when they meet locally or internationally. It is yet said louder especially in the face of a fierce protest against the School management on the premise of what they call Unionism or better decorated as Activism. The belief is that during these "protests " ,ye dialogue reminds them of their greatness and how they should be treated as a people on such scenery but dropping all quips and verbal plethora of sentiments,pride,self - aggrandisement and bigotry, Are they really GREAT?.
What is great about a student who doesn't understand the political structure of the country where he studies?, What is great about a student who is streamlined by the courses he offers?, What is great about a student who wakes up every morning hissing because of the "inconduciveness " to good health/morals of where he slept.
Tell me!, is there any greatness in a student who is governed by a Management that believes in Compulsory Feudalism? , Show me the greatness in a student who later becomes unemployable due to loads of theories that have been placed on his shoulders all in the period of 4, 5 or 6 years of his study in the University. Fish out the greatness in a student who is restive all day due to excessive "repetition " the lecturers call COURSES. His circuitous / unwinding restiveness is what his lecturers regard as TOUGHENING. They claim they want to make him 'tough' for the society's use forgetting that the Society has outgrown the manual method and transisted into Mental Specificity booing away all "toughnesses "- "Ori nla ko ni Headmaster " meaning One is not appointed an Headmaster because One has a big head.
I still search for the greatness in the Nigerian student who can not solve real life problems without referring to his books that is if the solutions were even there. What is great about the Nigerian student who can not speak right, finding solace in saying he is studying Mathematics or Chemistry ,why don't you communicate in Chemical language? ,What a fatuous Sardony!.He would have been excused if an Akokite I know; Modiu Olaguro was not a student of Mathematics.
Likening the Nigerian Universities to Sarcophagusses is not a mistake. Beautiful environments with dead brains.
I am not being scurrilous as some of my readers would think , as I am also in the system but this should be seen as didactic as possible .It is a Call to sober reflection.
The Mission Statement of the University of Lagos has always been a thing of concern to me, It reads,
" To provide a conducive teaching , learning, RESEARCH and development, where staff and students will INTERACT and compete effectively with other counterparts, both nationally and internationally in terms of intellectual competence and the zeal to add value to the world".
Whao!, welcome back from that "paper-work" journey I took you through, Boring right?..I am sorry. I won't say much but I think anyone who understands literature would decipher the message. The mission statement has lost taste and it needs and a nutritionist to re - savour . I am still being taught what my fore-fathers were taught, in the same style, the same note, the same threat, probably the same class, in fact, if care was not taken , THE SAME LECTURERS. Let's say I am in their days.
Things have changed!, some would say. Nothing has changed, I would argue. Hardy Cross has not changed to Oyekan Cross. Terzaghi's has not changed to Obaji's. Where is the Research? , Where is the Change?.
In order not to be verbose , We all need to brace up . Most of us upon graduation want to work with Multinationals and be paid 6,7 figures. Let me ask you, With the quality of education you are being offered now, What services can you offer the mutinationals that would make them pay you that much without seeing you as a liability.
How well are you working on yourself? . To the new intakes, you would be out there in the spate of us 4,5,6 years, then you would realise that the University community is not different from the society. What values are you garnering now?, Are you investing your time and money in human capacity or clothes?. How versatile are you? ; as I took time to write this amidst many calculation courses and studio works, What are the things you find joy doing?.
Till the next edition when I will come with my heavy pen, I welcome contributions and constructive criticisms. I am Adeyeye Femi, a Public Affairs analyst and a PR consultant.
Remain Great!

University of Lagos
March 2016.

the op is a huge Oponu>>

u are here criticizing nigerian students.. i ask you>>> wht have you done or invented..

don't point out the problems, we know them already...... solve them..

all Nigerians can talk , all we do is talk..

everybody can do ur job.... who PR epp?

i could teach you the guitar if u lack nothing to offer... it might be a useful skill for ur begging on the streets in years to come

for ur info:

A public relations consultant is a communications specialist who works as an intermediary between the public and an organization or business. The organization is dependent on the public relations consultant to effectively disseminate and communicate its mission, policies and goals to the public. Additionally, public relations consultants inform a business of the public's worries and expectations to help the business maintain a positive relationship with the public.

from the above.... it is clear u are just an average ranter.. bros .. park well o

Same old story.

But who will bell the cat?

if u ask me ... should I ask Buhari??

Sort I no read am ... Ftc oooooooo

3rd to commet

N͎o͎t͎h͎i͎n͎g͎ i͎s͎ g͎r͎e͎a͎t͎ a͎b͎o͎u͎t͎ t͎h͎i͎s͎ b͎r͎o͎, a͎f͎t͎e͎r͎ a͎l͎l͎ t͎h͎e͎r͎e͎'s͎ n͎o͎ h͎o͎p͎e͎ a͎f͎t͎e͎r͎ g͎r͎a͎d͎u͎a͎t͎i͎o͎n͎

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Just Saying

True

End time great.





madam abeg one place of rice without stew for the writer.





loading.........

Nice piece

Wow.....this is really what awesomeness won't fully describe

One I Hate Most Is Student Engaging In Aluta(mostly violent) All In The Name Of Fighting For Their Rights.At The End If Someone Is Maimed Or Killed,All They Could Do Is To Shout RIP On Social Media.
I Will Never Join Any Aluta Whatsoever.

Sorry.. could not read it all, too long, u just Buharised this article for me to decipher the meaning

This is thought-provoking. Great piece.

our greatness lies in d fact that inspite of all those shiit we still survive

upon the greatest Nigerian gwo gwo upon the greatest n Nigerian gwa gwa fundamental kpim.

Where is the OP make I flog am?

Just like what is said above, we already know the problem, even the layman know the problem of our country & the institutions, what we need now is a solution, we have to be pragmatics, it is not about propounding theories but putting them in practice.
Action speaks louder than words.

I am Sagbohan, Abraham Sunday
a sophomore in the University of port harcourt, Department of Philosophy.

so this was the Facebook article that bagged Adeyeye 4 semester suspension in Unilag.

more ink to his pen.

If we want our educational system to change, we must speak up and be heard.

Na mumus , illiterates and old people full ministry of education.

of the greatest Nigeria Students!!

Fada Fada remix ft buhari..

Buhari part
"I win President I dey travel go obodo oyibo,
na spacecraft remain 4 me baba u know,
ndi Igbo biko bia n'ebe a take photo.
E no easy 2 dey chill with presido Obama.
Na teacher figure d presido e b 2 me o,
since I lost my senses na him cm dy help me
eh...
i say gone are days wen niger pple de c petrol.
right now i de 2 make 1dollar 950.
I thank asorock agu na echemba akanchawa o.
(akanchawa)
Na bullet proof cars me nd my guys de journey o
(akanchawa)
LMAO#stano2

Joavid:
so this was the Facebook article that bagged Adeyeye 4 semester suspension in Unilag.

This was not the one he wrote then. This is a new one.

kilokeys:

the op is a huge Oponu>>

u are here criticizing nigerian students.. i ask you>>> wht have you done or invented..

don't point out the problems, we know them already...... solve them..

all Nigerians can talk , all we do is talk..

everybody can do ur job.... who PR epp?

i could teach you the guitar if u lack nothing to offer... it might be a useful skill for ur begging on the streets in years to come

for ur info:

A public relations consultant is a communications specialist who works as an intermediary between the public and an organization or business. The organization is dependent on the public relations consultant to effectively disseminate and communicate its mission, policies and goals to the public. Additionally, public relations consultants inform a business of the public's worries and expectations to help the business maintain a positive relationship with the public.

from the above.... it is clear u are just an average ranter.. bros .. park well o

Guy sorry for the Op now the woke up on the wrong side of the bed lolxx.

Agimor:
Guy sorry for the Op now the woke up on the wrong side of the bed lolxx.

its true na.. we know what we pass through down here.. and what our mates get to do when they are outside.. nigerian students are great..not all... but majority of the students do not struggle to get admissions only to come and eat beans in the hostels..

he should direct the epistle to the govt and school management...not us.

All na wash

kilokeys:

its true na.. we know what we pass through down here.. and what our mates get to do when they are outside.. nigerian students are great..not all... but majority of the students do not struggle to get admissions only to come and eat beans in the hostels..

he should direct the epistle to the govt and school management...not us.

What do you mean by he should direct his epistle to the govt? ..isn't nairaland a platform again? Or do you think everybody that shares his/her opinion here are just wasting their time.

Mind you a friend of mine shared his opinion on an issue in ogun State here on nairaland and the state government acted on it and attributed it to a particular online platform named nairaland..

Pls don't always rush to condemn people.. Am sure what femi wrote is still happening in Nigeria and some people think it's a norm. Articles like this will change people's mindset.

Shalom

Shioor

Nice write Up

When the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the great wall of China, They thought no one can climb it due to its height.

During the first 100 year of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice. ...

And everytime, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall...because each time they bribed the guards and came through the doors.

The Chinese built the wall but forgot the character-building of the wall-guards


Thus the building of human character comes BEFORE building of anything else.....

Thats what our Students need today.

Like one of the Orientalists said:
If you want to destroy the civilization of a nation there are 3 ways:

1. Destroy family structure

2.Destroy education

3. Lower their role models and references

1. In order to destroy the family; undermine the role of Mother, so that she feels ashamed of being a housewife.

2. To destroy education: you should give no importance to Teacher, and lower his place in society so that the students despise him

3.To lower the role models: you should undermine the Scholars, doubt them until no one listens to them or follow them.

For when a conscious mother disappears, a dedicated teacher disappears and there's a downfall of role models, WHO will teach the young ones ...(our future leaders)?

How you can personally begin to tackle the problem, you have to become the change you want to see:-
Instead of belittling, uplift;
Instead of demolishing, rebuild;
Instead of misleading, light the way so that all of us can stand on higher ground.

TEACH THE YOUNG!