Former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has criticized universities for engaging in bread and sachet water production to generate funds.



Jega, who is the Pro-Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, spoke at the opening of the three-day 2016 Nigerian Higher Education Summit on Monday in Abuja.

Acknowledging that the crisis of funding in Nigerian universities is acute, Jega insisted that the primary responsibility of funding universities is that of government.


He said, “Putting universities in such a dire situation where they have to be doing things like producing and selling sachet water is sad; frankly, it is not the business of universities.

“We want young unemployed youths to be involved in such entrepreneurial activities to generate income for themselves and to build businesses.

“For a university to become in dire and desperate need for money as to bake bread and produce sachet water is unwholesome and needs to be discouraged.

“Government needs to provide sufficient funding to universities.”


He said universities were in the business of knowledge production and should strive to produce patents or prototypes which they could engage Nigerian industries to manufacture.

Jega added that it is unhealthy for universities to be struggling to generate funds to carry out their mandates.

On ASUU strike, the former INEC boss called for mutual respect between the Federal Government and the unions.

“It is important for government to bend over backwards and it is important for unions to be realistic in their demands in order to find solutions,” he said.

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Babcock University nko? Mak Government start funding dem too abi

UNIBEN water and UNIBAKE!

Hah......
So wat is he suggesting de do to generate fund?
Build refineries?
Smh

Vision4God:
Hah......
So wat is he suggesting de do to generate fund?
Build refineries?
Smh

Minus funding, Jega is saying close to the main issue. All projects and seminars held by final year students are worthless. Our universities are supposed to engage in national and economic development through R& of imported goods. All professional bodies in this country are useless, even the excos know

The heart of man is desperately wicked. Instead of producing quality heads they are dishing out bread and pure water.

AfroSisi:
The heart of Man is desperately wicked. Instead of producing quality heads they are dishing out bread and pure water.



Recession is a bastard!

Babcock, OOU started a long while ago.. Not in this Recession dear

Iam sure some schools go don join MMM community

EHMIR:
Iam sure some schools go don join MMM community

Ha

EHMIR:
Iam sure some schools go don join MMM community

Why bake bread when guys come to meet babes in hostel. You can easily charge the visiting fee, I know they will pay.

Come to University of Ibadan, there is U.I water (Satchet and Table water), U.I Bakery and many more. Very big and standard venture that Employs lots of people in their various capacity aside the IGR. I think its a good idea sir

Shots fired...

Uniuyo

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jeeqaa7:
After giving us BuBu?.... Paddy furk off

So na during buhari era universities begin produce pure water and bread ba Abegiii park well go vent your anger somewhere else

example of such university is FUTA

He forgot that employments were created through that avenue... Abeg pack one side

Baba Jega, free us now.

This is our own ENT ooo.
Are you not the ones encouraging us not to look for office jobs again? That we should, after four years in school, learn shoemaking, tailoring, beadmaking and even making up?

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jega go and sit down.you rigged in a certificateless man for seat. what do you expect?

A SELF DECEIVING COUNTRY CALLED NIGERIA

Twenty-one senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors.

The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, Joshua Dariye of Plateau Jonah Jang of Plateau, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ahmed Sani Yarima of Zamfara, Danjuma Goje of Gombe, Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe, Adamu Aliero of Kebbi, George Akume of Benue and Isiaka Adeleke of Osun.

The former deputy governors in the Senate are Ms Biodun Olujimi of Ekiti and Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe of Abia. Danladi Abubakar Sani served as the acting governor of Taraba state.

Many former governors are also in Buhari's Cabinet as Ministers. This includes: Ngige, Fayemi, Amaechi and Fashola (SAN).).

In Akwa Ibom State, the law provides that ex governors and deputy governors receive pension equivalent to the salaries of the incumbent. The package also includes a new official car and a utility vehicle every four years; one personal aide; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5 million per month and N2.5 million for his deputy governor.

In Rivers, the law provides 100 percent of annual basic salaries for the ex-governor and deputy, one residential house for the former governor “anywhere of his choice in Nigeria”; one residential house anywhere in Rivers for the deputy, three cars for the ex-governor every four years and two cars for the deputy every four years.

It is alledged that in Lagos, a former governor will get two houses, one in Lagos and another in Abuja, estimated at N500 million in Lagos and N700 million in Abuja. He also receives six new cars to be replaced every three years; a furniture allowance of 300 percent of annual salary to be paid every two years, and a N30 million pension annually for life.

This is the reality for all the 21 ex govenors and deputy governors who are currently serving as senators. This same is also true of ex governors who are now serving as Ministers.

NOW I ASK:
How many years did these guys serve their states as governors and deputy governors? Is it more than 8years? Is that a reason to be entitled to pensions for life? Even if they are entitled to pension for life, must it be so outrageous?

As if that is not enough: HOW on earth can any public servant with conscience collect salaries and allowances as a senator or minister, and still have the audacity to claim pensions equivalent to the salaries of a serving governor in Nigeria?

IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE......

Once you are elected a senator or appointed a minister, you must forfeit any pension accruing to you from government at any level until you vacate office. This should also apply to senators collecting military pensions like former Senate President David Mark.

Yet these senators are in the Senate that is inviting the current finance minister to discuss the recession of Nigeria's economy. A senator pockets approximately 30 million naira monthly as salary and allowances. Our "honourables" are not interested to make laws that could restructure our country into economically autonomous federating States/Regions to save the country from sectional agitations that is threatening to destroy Nigeria. The sad and hopeless situation is that the rest of Nigerians are busy arguing based on party, ethnic and affiliations while these enemies of state continue to rape us.

Do you know that it costs tax payers 290m Naira yearly to maintain each member of our National Assembly in a country where nothing works & 80% of population earn below 300 Naira a day ? A working day earning of a senator is more than a yearly income of a doctor; it's more than the salary of 42 Army generals or 48 professors or 70 commissioners of police or more than twice the pay of the US President or 9 times the salary of US congressmen.

It's high time the country had a referendum on those outrageous salaries of Senators, House of Representative members and other political office holders.

*If you are seriously against the looting of our commonwealth in Nigeria, in the name of democracy, you can let this piece go viral by sharing it with as many of your contacts and groups too!*( copied) Dr Bello Diran

Wherey ree ooooooo
Mods oya send your armies

After giving us BuBu?.... Paddy furk off

doing that is way better than hike in fees...in addition to "totally" unnecessary dues

What's his business

ohhh... really surprised this is actually coming from Jega himself...
have we ever for once wondered why Nigeria rank hasnt even show on the world map atall.... This is simply because a university isnt just for classrooms but its a community that encompasses all.. a typical look at one of the oldest university in the world (oxford university) shows that they engage in so many other entrepreneurship trade.. they service one of the world biggest bookshop and printing press and so make huge profit out of it; they also deal in construction and so many more.. These entrepreneurship services rendered give the university more resources and enable the students aswell to get first hand experience. ..

so Prof Jega instead of saying its a misplaced priority what you should press on more is for it to be well manage.. Chikena