It is not heart-warming that in our over 58 years of independence, Nigerian universities are slow in discoveries and inventions."
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian universities to intensify efforts at making discoveries and inventions that can assist the development of the country as he lamented their slowness in making discoveries and inventing things.

Mr. Buhari made the call on Saturday in Dutsinma, Katsina State, in his address at the fourth convocation of the Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA).

"It is not heart-warming that in our over 58 years of independence, Nigerian universities are slow in discoveries and inventions,” he said.

The president, represented by Hafiz Abubakar, a professor, the former Deputy Governor of Kano State, said part of the speech would serve as a wake-up call to the nation’s universities.

“Research, critical thinking, moral dispositions, discoveries, and inventions should find natural habitats in our universities, as they do in several other universities in the world.

“Universities are supposed to be strong drivers of the country’s development initiatives for sustainable development,” he said.

He, however, said that his administration would continue to do everything possible to improve structures and facilities in the institutions and to enhance learning by training the required manpower through various interventions like TETFUND.

Mr. Buhari also urged FUDMA to partner with Sokoto River Basin Development Authority to produce improved agricultural varieties and give the required scientific and extension support to the local farmers.

He said this would enhance the farmers’ productivity and economic viability.

In his remarks, the acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Adamu Baba-Kutigi, a professor, said 430 students were graduating from the institution for the 2017/2018 session.

According to him, the university, whose vision is to be among the top-ranking universities in the world, has seven faculties that run about 40 programmes.

He said the institution had established microfinance bank, university farm, printing press, and a shopping mall to enhance its internally generated revenue.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/16/buhari-nigerian-universities-youre-still-slow-discoveries-inventions-after-58-years

When you yourself are a dullard and a dolapo as the minister of Education what do you expect.

Look at mr. slowpoke calling naija universities slow, what has he done to help the ASUU crisis, how much was budgeted for education but he can budget enough for his feeding and travelling out for treatment instead of improving the health sector he keeps wasting the money, this man is just funny I laugh in lifelessness.

Our Doctors and professors make una come see u a life oh. ordinary Buhari who can't even pronounce university encouraging and giving advice to you people.

Honestly, Nigeria Education syllabus is OUTDATED, we deal on imaginary theories, no Practicals, nothing at all

Can u imagine that Students now Cram to pass exams.... Everybody just wan get d certificate and leave oh... The system is really bad and corrupt.

That Why Me Wan Hustle Hard oh, So that no of my children go school for Nigeria.

Hahaha
This is so funny
I won't say what's on mind sha

Our universities deal with theories alone. No practicals! How can we move forward?

He said slow when we are not moving at all!

ckmayoca:
Our Doctors and professors make una come see u a life oh. ordinary Buhari who can't even pronounce university encouraging and giving advice to you people.

Yours is the first post making any sense so,
2 like for you !

welbech:
Our universities deal with theories alone. No practicals! How can we move forward?

Show's how inadequate they are!

Hear some likely university graduates blaming Buhari as if na Buhari be their lecturer or load bearer. Our universities must not be teaching them to carry their own load themselves!

wait oo is it someone that does not have waec certificate that is saying this
shu shu shuuut up there Mr nan go and write waec

Atewo400:
wait oo
is it someone that does not have waec certificate that is saying this

shu shu shuuut up there Mr nan
go and write waec

Is he wrong?

I wonder o. Those that have degree are here wailing while he that supposedly "doesn't have waec" is the number one citizen and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Oh! I frogrot! He must have slapped the faces of all the Nigerians with their waecs and their degrees and occupied Aso Rock for the second time, while they were looking for his waec that they accuse him of not having!

Shame on you my bubu!

Or shame on you all with you seemingly useless waecs and degrees!

You choose!

Wanted to say look who's talking but that will be me committing a fallacy

Let focus on the message instead of who's passing the message

The dullardino is right tho but then again the dullardino isn't helping matters

people don't understand that in advance countries research is always funded, here, you are researching on our personal funds, how does a country want inventions with personal pocket money? A friend told me when he went to the US for a fellowship program, during his defense there the prof asked him how he has been funding his research in Nigeria. when he said from his personal pocket, both the prof, all the lecturers, msc, phd and undergraduate students present at the defense said EH!!!
The prof was so surprised and ask him so you use your own money to solve national problems?

so you see, research goes hand in hand with full fundings just like developed countries have been doing to solve their problems, they don't expect their students to use their personal funds.

majorgr:
people don't understand that in advance countries research is always funded, here, you are researching on our personal funds, how does a country want inventions with personal pocket money? A friend told me when he went to the US for a fellowship program, during his defense there the prof asked him how he has been funding his research in Nigeria. when he said from his personal pocket, both the prof, all the lecturers, msc, phd and undergraduate students present at the defense said EH!!!
The prof was so surprised and ask him so you use your own money to solve national problems?

so you see, research goes hand in hand with full fundings just like developed countries have been doing to solve their problems, they don't expect their students to use their personal funds.

Indeed. You write a funding proposal to an organisation (be it private or government) that might benefit from your research and they fund you, and not that government has some pot from which research is paid. Imagine. More of that money might go to people with Mohammed in their name and guess what we'd all say then!