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A.B.U Abuses And Dino The Scapegoat By Nedumadrid by Nedumadrid(m): 2:59pm On Mar 29, 2017 |
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria started its
existence as a regional university, just like its
contemporaries, University of Ife, now
Obafemi Awolowo University, ile Ife,
established by the government of Western
Region, and the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, established by the Eastern Regional
government.
Please remember that as at that period, the
only University in the country, the University
College, Ibadan, was then just a University
College, whose admission policy and
curriculum were closely tied to its parent
university in the UK.
So, the three regional governments, in
pursuant of their manpower needs, set up
regional universities, even the federal
government joined the train with the
establishment of University of Lagos, Akoka,
on the fringe of the then federal capital
territory of Lagos.
Now, while Ife was established to
accommodate the products of the free
education programme, and Nsukka because
the Eastern region needed a university.
The case of ABU was different. The North
had a massive manpower deficit, both in the
regional civil service and in the military. To
meet those needs, the regional government
had to lower entry qualifications for most
northern youth to qualify. That was why
people like Buhari got drafted into the army
with what we popularly call Awaiting Result
(AR), and people like Abacha got in despite
not meeting the height requirements
demanded from candidates from other
regions.
For ABU, they had to create so many back
bending programmes to meet up with their
mandate. This of course led to the
establishment of so many remedial
programmes that it was referred to as the
Remedial University.
Even after it was taken over by the Murtala/
Obasanjo Administration which took over
regional universities, the original purpose
was never jettisoned. In fact, it got to a
point where universities in the North were
offering Certificates in Law! Which is used as
an equivalent of an A/Level or OND, and are
used to get into law programmes, cleverly
sidestepping the very competitive JAMB
entry requirements for Law!
One of the reasons for the stranglehold by
the North on the judiciary and the civil
service is the transfer of state officers to fill
their state's quota in the federal civil service.
Imagine if you will, two lawyers, one from
either side of the confluence, who did NYSC
together, and joined their state's civil service
the same day.
The southern lawyer would move to Level 9
in 3 years, but the one from the north was
employed on level 9, promoted to Level 10
two years later, and level 12 after only five
years, while his counterpart at that point is
looking forward to his level 10 promotions
exam.
If both officers now applied for transfer of
service from state to the federal service, one
is already three levels ahead even though
they graduated the same day!
What makes it worse is that the Northern
lawyer probably had only three credits, did a
certificate course in Law, and then studied
Islamic Jurisprudence, which is not
applicable in about fifty percent of the states
of the federation!
This man will now become a judge at 30,
Appeal Court at 35 and Supreme Court at 40,
sitting pretty to become CJN while his
Southern mate was just being elevated to
the High court.
There are even courses in UK colleges
designed specifically for intellectually
challenged northern politicians, their wives
and their children!
So, those of you showing righteous
indignation about Dino's three credits must
have been living on Mars. Because if you go
down that path, the very foundation of
Northern education, that has produced
numerous presidents, permanent
secretaries, Generals, Ambassadors, and
majority of Directors of institutions, will be
called to question.
Please stop judging some people with your
own standards, I am certain if we scrutinize
the qualification's of most northerners in
public office, the military, the police,
customs, immigration, prisons, ports and
sundry federal agencies, you will realize that
Dino is just one in a million.
ABU is just fulfilling its mandate of
producing low-level human resources to fill
the northern quota in a skewered federal
system. It does not deserve your abuse, but
your pity. |
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