Nigeria Gets Seven New Private Universities

They should. Im not saying that they shouldn't

I really blame my Father for not looting the treasury and opening a private university when he had opportunity. He was just to 'honest to join others in part taking in cutting of the national cake'

He if had played his game well; Nigeria would have being hearing of My family owned private uni.

This is welcome development.

wallahi 

and government did the same in the west, south and eastern parts, whats good for the goose is also good for the gander

^^^^^ why didn't she go to Ghana

Those complaining there is none in the north should get the fact clearly, these are private universities, owned by private citizen. Why should any business minded person invest in building a university where majority of the people don’t like western education or where any little religion provocation will lead to killing and burning. The north might need a private Islamic University sa, I guess that will sell.

Never made such an insinuation. I was giving a suggestion for other posters who complained about lack of jobs for private university graduates.

Well said. But what is it with Nigerians and entrepreneurship ? If you ask me, Nigerians are very entrepreneurial, 

All this people clamorin for a university in d north,am sure y'all knw wat PRIVATE means,so wat stops all the billionaires and Clerics they have there from settin up their own private institutions.

i think there is/are private uni. in the north at least one of the best private uni in the country is in the north i.e ABTI AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

You said exactly what I was thinking!! I think the curriculum has to change somewhat, such that those that have the courage would dare to take a leap right out of college straight into business!!
There are so many problems in Nigeria and these problems are huge opportunities for entrepreneurs to take on.
Its those entrepreneurs that would create the jobs for the rest of the populace.

It is true. Nigerians have entrepreneurial qualities. But most of the entrepreneurial energy is usually geared towards buying and selling(commerce) as against creating of solutions to existing problems. Nigerians lack innovation, creativity and out-of-the box thinking. What we have is determination, tenacity and gusto!
In essence we have one half of the required entrepreneurial qualities and lack the other half. We need the full bleed and that's what the curriculum of these  these private universities should aim to achieve.

@Northern Universities.
I think Northern leaders have to take this lethargic attitude towards education seriously. Reason been that in the nearest future, the disparity btw the human resource in the north and that in the south would be so wide that we would practically have two countries in one.

Atleast now i can go back to school but I hope we have some in Niger delta and OUR own private university should be for free.

I agree we need more universities but do the new unis meet the criteria of our needs

-affordable
-quality
-non segmentarian
-sustainability

I am also hoping they can find a way to ensure they do not end up with strikes down the road cos i know the govt unis did not start out thinking of going on strike every 3months

after  seeing it as private  how dear you think it will be free when even the government unis. are not free

i think you should blame your forebears for running away when the white men came to take away blacks for slave trade.

he would have paid the price, you would have been a black american. you could even have been obama's wife. lol


no one has said the noth does not deserve private unis'
but if you you had the opportunity, given the present circumstances, will u send your kid to school in the north?

knowing for the next four years, anything might erupt.

have u noticed how northeners are quick to kill southerners or the others in the name of religious crisis.?

also knowing that they have a high density of students from other parts of the country outside the nothern tribe concentrated in a place, then we can no longer be certain of our families schooling there cos that would be thier next target point.


until the north can be sensitized about the need for education, i will not site an evening school there as an investor.

afterall they have the numbers when it comes to consumption rate.

they need to be sensitised.