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Good job IVM!

shymexx: I'm pissed! - why do Nigerians travel to these stone age countries, anyway?

Nothing can replace an amputated hand - fvck the ragheads in Saudi Arabia!!

Why do Nigerians steal in this computer/jet age? No offense.

I weep for my country!!!

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/opinion/shortage-of-lecturers-and-ph-d-truck-drivers/

Shortage of lecturers and ‘Ph.D truck drivers’.

CURRENTS with Wale Sokunbi
walesokunbi2003@yahoo.co.uk

Nigeria is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. We have a nation raking in billions of dollars in oil revenue every year, yet it is ranked among countries with the highest poverty levels in the whole world. We have hundreds of square kilometers of arable land and an army of unemployed persons, yet we cannot grow enough food for our population, and we commit billions of dollars to food imports yearly.

Nigeria is the “giant” of Africa, yet she sits pretty at the bottom rungs of all indices of human development, not only in Africa, but throughout the world. There are no good roads in most parts of the country, and the majority of Nigerians living within the poverty circle can hardly afford to transport themselves on commercial motorcycles, yet, we have a jet set of the people cavorting about in private jets. We find the poorest of the poor in worship houses, yet the leaders in these places live in opulence, if not debauchery.

They live large, while some of their suffering members can hardly eat a meal a day, and their children drop out of school over inability to pay school fees! Recently, yet another paradox emerged on the Nigerian landscape: That of unemployed citizens with doctorate degrees (Ph.Ds) applying for jobs as truck drivers at a time that universities are suffering shortage of lecturers with doctorate degrees! It may sound as strange as fiction.

But, reports in the dailies last week, confirmed an acute shortage of university lecturers at a time that doctorate degree holders are so desperate to get any job that they are seeking employment as truck drivers with the Dangote Group. The sordid extent of the shortage of varsity lecturers was captured in the media last week in a Needs Assessment Report on Nigerian public universities submitted by a 10-member committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Education.

The report indicated that the situation was so bad that some universities have only five lecturers with Ph.ds, while there are universities with only one or two professors! The report covered all the nation’s 27 Federal universities and 34 State-owned ones, with the exception of the 10 Federal universities recently established by President Goodluck Jonathan, and three state-owned: Sokoto State University, North West University, Kano and Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State.

[b]Specifically, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology established six years ago has only two professors and five Ph.D. holders; Kano State University that has been existing for 11 years has only one professor and 25 Ph.D. holders; while Ondo State University of Science and Technology has only 29 lecturers to man all its programmes. Only 75 percent of the 37,504 university lecturers captured in the report were reported to be teaching on full-time basis, while 25 percent are recycled as visiting, adjunct, sabbatical or contract lecturers in different universities.

Only four of 47 professors in Gombe State University are full-time, while all the 25 Readers are visiting lecturers. In Plateau State University, only 26 percent of lecturers were reported to be full time while 74 per cent are visiting. In Kaduna State University, 150 out of 174 Ph.D holders are part-time lecturers. The study of 61 universities out of the existing entire 74 public universities in the country unequivocally determined that there is a shortage of lecturers with Ph.Ds, as only 43 per cent of lecturers nationwide hold the qualification, instead of the expected 100 per cent. Instead of engaging lecturers with the required Ph.D qualification, the universities reportedly bog themselves down with a surfeit of non-teaching staff who, ordinarily, should only support the work of the lecturers.
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As a result, teacher-student ratio is high with University of Abuja having 1.122. The report concluded that public universities are grossly under-staffed, rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers, have under-qualified academics and have no effective staff development programme outside the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention and the Presidential First Class Scholarship Programme. Only seven universities (Imo State University, and Universities of Uyo, Port Harcourt, Ilorin, Calabar, National Open University of Nigeria and Ondo State University of Science Technology) were found to have 60 per cent of their academic staff with Ph.Ds.

The shortage of qualified teaching staff in Nigerian universities with non-teaching support staff gulping more of the resources of universities is a symptom of the quality of management of these universities.What we have on our hands is a situation in which Vice Chancellors, registrars and other university administrators prefer to commit scarce resources to recruitment of all manners of persons into different clerical and administrative positions in the universities, when there are not enough lecturers to man programmes. Over 70 per cent of these university support staff were reported not to have a first degree, yet persons with Masters degrees and Ph.Ds are not employed possibly because they lack the necessary “contacts” to be considered for lecturing jobs.

The ballooning of the non-teaching staff leads to spiraling personnel cost, leaving little for employment of academic staff and provision of teaching materials such as laboratory facilities and other important infrastructure. The 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in the 61 universities covered in this report is about twice the number of teaching staff. In some universities, non-teaching staff were reported to be twice, thrice or even four times the number of teaching staff in the institutions. This is a clear case of mismanagement by the university authorities that should be addressed immediately.

It clearly shows that the concerned authorities are unmindful of the important responsibility to ensure that academic programmes are properly manned, but prefer to employ low-level staff into non-academic positions for sundry reasons. The findings of this committee headed by Prof. Mahmmod Yakubu with former Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) National President, Prof. Ukachukwu Aloysius Awuzie, as member, does not paint a good picture of the National Universities Commission (NUC), which has statutory responsibility to ensure maintenance of standards in the institutions.

A situation in which the NUC gives universities clean bill of health during accreditation exercises only for the people to hear that some of the institutions have only one or two professors, is not good enough. The excuse that some universities use part-time and adjunct lecturers to beef-up their academic staff strength during accreditation is not acceptable. Now that the Yakubu report has blown the feathers off the rump of the Nigerian university system as regards the strength of academic staff, appropriate authorities should do the right thing by increasing the academic staff available to the institutions.

Unemployed Nigerians with outstanding grades in their first and second degrees, and those already with Ph.Ds but are unemployed, should be brought into the system and trained to teach in the universities.It is not good that Ph.D holders are forced to go into jobs such as truck-driving for want of better opportunities. The situation may engender bitterness and will certainly not augur well for development of nationalistic tendencies in those involved.

The universities, also, need to rev up the content of their academic programmes with mandatory, hands-on entrepreneurial courses that are relevant to specific programmes. The programmes need not be solely academic; they need to be tailored in a way that graduates from the courses can make a living with the knowledge acquired. For example, it is not enough to just teach Literature in the historical sense of what has been written by other authors. Students of that course can be taught to write books like novels, children’s story books and other fiction and non-fiction work.

This will give them a headway into going into writing as a career, not just memorizing and rehashing the works of the Wole Soyinkas and Chinua Achebes of this world, and pounding the streets in search of employment for many years after graduation. This can be replicated in virtually all fields so that graduates come out prepared with education necessary to launch out on their own. Let our graduates be groomed into job creators, not job seekers.

If this is done, Nigeria will be on her way to tackling the problem of graduate unemployment that has become a national embarrassment.

I can't belief it that this Okin biscuit just cross my mind few day ago. i cherish those good old days pal.

Source: http://www.frontiersnews.com/index.php/news/2099-breaking-news-lagos-ibadan-expressway-fg-terminates-bi-courtny-contract

The Federal Government has revoked the concession of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway granted to Bi-Courtney Consortium on May 8, 2009, which was sealed by the parties on May 26, 2009.

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and R.C.C Nigeria Limited are to commence work with immediate effect on the reconstruction of the expressway.

Bi-Courtney Consortium, an indigenous firm, who got the concession that was to last for 25 years, was supposed to complete the road in the next six months, but according to the minister, the firm had dismally failed to achieve any remarkable milestone expected of it.

While Julius Berger would handle section 1: from Lagos to Shagamu interchange, RCC Nigeria Limited will be responsible for section II: from Shagamu to Ibadan.

The Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen said, the termination of the concession came after the serial breaches of the concession agreement by Bi-Courtney Consortium and especially the failure of the company to reach financial close as provided for in the agreement.

The Minister assured that, in taking the action of revocation, the federal government observed the rules of disengagement as stated in the agreement having repeatedly written to Bi-Courtney to remedy the situation, to no avail.

According to him, "due to the senseless carnage on this important expressway which is part of Arterial Route A1, the Federal Government has also decided to embark on the Emergency Reconstruction of the expressway. Consequently, the Federal Ministry of Works has engaged the services of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and R.C.C Nigeria Limited to commence work immediately on the reconstruction of the expressway.

While Julius Berger would handle section 1: from Lagos to Shagamu interchange, RCC Nigeria Limited will be responsible for section II: from Shagamu to Ibadan.

"The federal Government wishes to assure that while it will continue to uphold the sanctity of contracts entered into by the federal government, it will not shy away from implementing provisions of the contract agreement dealing with non-performance on the part of the contracting party".

On the legal implication of terminating the contract he said "The legal implications of this termination have been carefully considered by both the Federal Ministry of Works and indeed the Federal Government. If you recall we have been on this issue for quiet sometime now and we have meticulously followed the concession agreement, the provision of relevant clauses of the agreement. We have complied fully with the provisions of this agreement. We have had cause even in the past to write the concessionaires to detail the breaches which it had committed in this agreement in this particular transaction and we have also followed the minimum and maximum number of days the contractor was expected to remedy the situation but failing which the Federal Government had no alternative but to take this course of action".

In terms of percentage payment so far, Onolememen said "this is a concessioned project. In other words it is different from the normal EPC contracts, so the Federal Government in a sense did not make any direct payment to Bi-Courteny in this particular transaction. Bi-Courteny was supposed to raise, he would have been able to raise the fund from the private sector and apply it to the construction of this expressway and toll it for as many as 25 years, to recoup his investment and this has not happened, and that is why today the concession has been terminated.

"For your information under this concession the construction period is supposed to last for four years and the four years will come to a close in about six months time and right now there is nothing on ground to suggest that the company is capable".

On whether it was a mistake giving the concession to Bi-Courteny he said "I would not want to say that it was a mistake, because though I was not in the office as at that time, perhaps at that time they had the most responsible bids, the details is best known to the then minister of works and his team that handled the project. But again it is not out of place to give Nigerian companies opportunities to handle projects of this nature. This is our country, who ever has the ability and the capacity to do projects of this nature we believe should be encouraged".

On the percentage of work done on the road he said, "I will leave that for those who use the road. As far as we are concerned the terms of work has not been complied with".

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/jose-mujica-the-worlds-poorest-president-%E2%80%A2-donates-90-salary-to-poor-%E2%80%A2-shuns-presidential-mansion-%E2%80%A2-rides-1987-volkswagen/

Jose Mujica: The world’s ‘poorest’ president• Donates 90% salary to poor • Shuns presidential mansion • Rides 1987 Volkswagen.

It’s a common grumble that politicians’ lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president – who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay.

Laundry is strung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard, overgrown with weeds. Only two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog, keep watch outside.

This is the residence of the president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, whose lifestyle clearly differs sharply from that of most other world leaders.

President Mujica has shunned the luxurious house that the Uruguayan state provides for its leaders and opted to stay at his wife’s farmhouse, off a dirt road outside the capital, Montevideo.

The president and his wife work the land themselves, growing flowers.

This austere lifestyle – and the fact that Mujica donates about 90% of his monthly salary, equivalent to $12,000 (£7,500), to charity – has led him to be labelled the poorest president in the world.

“I may appear to be an eccentric old man … But this is a free choice.”

“I’ve lived like this most of my life,” he says, sitting on an old chair in his garden, using a cushion favoured by Manuela the dog.

“I can live well with what I have.”

His charitable donations – which benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs – mean his salary is roughly in line with the average Uruguayan income of $775 (£485) a month.

All the president’s wealth is a 1987 VW Beetle.

In 2010, his annual personal wealth declaration – mandatory for officials in Uruguay – was $1,800 (£1,100), the value of his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle.

This year, he added half of his wife’s assets – land, tractors and a house – reaching $215,000 (£135,000).

That’s still only about two-thirds of Vice-President Danilo Astori’s declared wealth, and a third of the figure declared by Mujica’s predecessor as president, Tabare Vasquez.

Elected in 2009, Mujica spent the 1960s and 1970s as part of the Uruguayan guerrilla Tupamaros, a leftist armed group inspired by the Cuban revolution.

He was shot six times and spent 14 years in jail. Most of his detention was spent in harsh conditions and isolation, until he was freed in 1985 when Uruguay returned to democracy.

Those years in jail, Mujica says, helped shape his outlook on life.

“I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more,” he says.

“This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself,” he says.

“I may appear to be an eccentric old man. But this is a free choice.”

The Uruguayan leader made a similar point when he addressed the Rio+20 summit in June this year: “We’ve been talking all afternoon about sustainable development. To get the masses out of poverty.

“But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left?

“Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.”

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

gunners4u: My visa has been approve 2day, after 40 seconds interview. Pls hw much is d cheapest flight ticket to usa.

CONGRATULATIONS. use Google to find the cheapest flight.
can u share your interview experience here. Goodluck pal.

Galatians 6: 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Sacrifice by Elton John
Baby mi jo wo o by Ebenezer Obey

afeda: Dude,MTN dindnt say a UNIPORT student,it says a Port-harcourt student. How many colleges are in PH? Thats why u keep failing exams


I BET YOU ARE AS STUPID AS MTN IS. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "A PORT-HARCOURT STUDENT"?

a 27-year-old student of College of Health Science and Technology, Rivers State, http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/student-27-wins-aircraft-in-mtn-promo/130579/

Anyone know somebody in the school to confirm the authenticity of this drama?

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/student-27-wins-aircraft-in-mtn-promo/130579/
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EMPTY HEN!!!

Until Tuesday , she was just an ordinary student. Not anymore because luck has smiled on Ms. Ebube Essien-Garricks, a 27-year-old student of College of Health Science and Technology, Rivers State, to alter her status in life. Her passport to fame was her ownership of an MTN SIM card, which enabled her to participate in a promo run by the telecoms company.

Tuesday, Essien-Garricks emerged the winner of a Cessna 182T aircraft, the star prize, in the much-talked-about MTN Ultimate Wonder promo. She emerged the winner at an elaborate and transparent draw held at the Golden Plaza, Ikoyi, Lagos head office of MTN.

She was writing an exam in her school in Port Harcourt while her name showed up in Lagos as the winner of the plane. Unknown to her as she was busy in the examination hall, MTN officials were battling to get in touch with her to break the good news. It was initially difficult reaching her as in line with examination rules, her handset was switched off. After many futile attempts, MTN officials devised another way to reach her, in a bid to prove that the process was transparent and not rigged.

They got through to her using the connection of family and friends found in her database and Facebook account.

Essien-Garricks, who was notified of her good fortune via a phone call, immediately opted for the cash value of the plane, which is N64 million. On hearing the news, she broke out in joyous shouts that surprised those around her. On hearing the source of her ecstasy, they joined her in celebrating.

“I am short of words, there is no word to describe what I feel right now; it is almost as if it is a dream but I know that nothing can be more real than what I am feeling right now. This must be the best Christmas gift ever. It is truly wonderful,” she said.

The MTN promotional draw was attended by journalists and officials of the Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Addressing journalists, the Chief Marketing Officer, MTN, Mr. Larry Annetts, stated that the journey so far in getting the ultimate winner for the aeroplane, as promised by MTN, had been interesting, credible and transparent.

“When we came out with the promo, many doubted us, but today we have an ultimate winner who will go home with the promised Cessna 182T aeroplane. The take-home for us here is that MTN is committed towards enriching the lives of its consumers. When we say we will do something, you can be sure that we won’t renege on our promises. The can-do spirit is forever guiding our path in offering utmost satisfaction to our consumers and we are glad that today a Nigerian has been enriched and empowered with an aeroplane,” he stated.

Speaking on the process in selecting winners for the promo, the Assistant Director, Lagos zone of the NLRC, Mr. Obi Iriegbu, stated that it had been transparent and credible. “We started this journey together, ensuring that the consumers’ interests are protected and that the brand fulfils its promises. So far so good, it has been a credible and transparent process leading to the emergence of the ultimate winner of the aeroplane promised from the beginning of the promo,” he stated.

The MTN Ultimate Wonder promo started in August with promises of fantastic and fabulous cash prizes and an ultimate winner of an aeroplane.

MTN has so far given 1,200 people the sum of N150, 000 each, while 12 winners got N2 million each during regional cash prize presentations in Lagos, Ibadan, Onitsha, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

The presentation of the N64 million cash value of the aeroplane to the ultimate winner, however, will come up at a later date.

Last year, in commemoration of MTN’s 10 years anniversary in Nigeria, the company gave out N1 billion rewards, where 90 lucky winners went home with cash prizes of N10 million each among other mouth-watering prizes. In another campaign, early this year through the MTN Automania game, a subscription-based initiative, the company gave out 100 xi35 SUVs in a 100-day nationwide promo.

To win the ultimate prize of a Cessna 182T aircraft, subscribers were encouraged to recharge up to N3,000 within the 90 days period of the promo.

afeda: Dude,MTN dindnt say a UNIPORT student,it says a Port-harcourt student. How many colleges are in PH? Thats why u keep failing exams


I BET YOU ARE AS STUPID AS MTN IS. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "A PORT-HARCOURT STUDENT"?

santakris: How come I hv not heard about it. Even though am in ilorin.

The Sarakite will want to keep it a secret. Lie, it cannot be hidden.

... and Kwara State is free ... RIP

Everybody is blaming GO/Pastors that are acquiring jet and the same set of people are the ones that have fallen head and toes for the MTN scam to win an aeroplane with N200 airtime. Nigerians are all hypocrite!

franchizy: The truth is bitter, there will be no peace in Nigeria until christians repent and change from there evil ways. I won't be suprise if Nigeria becomes an Islamic country becos our Prophet Mohammed is a man after Gods own heart

And if Nigeria become an Islamic country (?)what will be your gain?
1. Please state the evil ways of Christians.
2. You talk about peace. Which religious group has since been a threat to the peace of this country.

Please think twice.

obamaobama: SO DV LOTTERY IS NOT MENT FOR POOR PEOPLE,IF WE WIN THAT MEANS WE MUST BORROW MONEY.

When person win the money go come out now. No shaking.

[quote author=L'blaque Haven]NL, please I want to know the total amount it will cost a lucky selectee to process the DV Lottery to the point of travelling to the USA if he/she wins paradventure?[/quote]From information that i gather from DV-2012 thread gurus the breakdown of the cost is "As per the cost, u will pay $330 for visa fee, around 5 to 10K naira for police report and around 15 to 20K for medicals. You will need to worry about ticket after Visa has been granted."

Visa fee: $330 = #52,800
Police report: = #10,000
Medicals: = #20,000
Ticket: = U decide which airline (cost varies)
Pocket money at least for 3 months before you may get job: left 2 U.

I stand 2 b corrected.

Well i got a good paying job. How? A friend called to inform me a certain organization needed a Network Engineer/IT officer after 4 day (not wanting to go 'cause i was working in a University) i grudgingly e-mail my CV on a Saturday around 5.30am got called around 6.30am to come for interview. I told the caller all form of stories why i will not be able to make it then he re-schedule the interview. Fast-forward. At the company, i waited for 2hrs+ got called and the interviewer surprisingly was just the CFO (Chief Finance Officer), he ask what is my ambition for life. I told him to be THE Network Engineer, he said that do not stick, he wants something he can quickly and always remember, i told him that's my ambition then he said he interviewed a Storekeeper sometimes ago and asked him same question and the guy said he want to be Nigeria President (Aso Rock Villa) but i maintained my stand. Then he asked who my role model is. I told him, then he ask why? i didn't know he has a no-love for my role model then we debated the man for 1hr+. Thereafter he said how much do you want to take? I told him and i got the job.

I got married 3 years ago, now my baby is 1yr6m. Initially, whenever i bath my baby and prepare her for school while her mother set for work my neighbours take me for 'nut' but after a month thereabout one of my neighbours started bathing his daughter also so i laughed. I think i've brought a change. Also i cook for my family every weekend. Men should help their wives, period.

I think the revolution nigeria needs will begin from the social media. Yes Dr. Okonjo name the sponsors.

Lenny5000: Can you show me where JESUS asked you to pay tithe in the Bible? Did anybody actually gave money as Tithe in the Bible? cos there were using money in those days.... Thanks

Malachi 3: 8-10
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are acursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be bmeat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Matthew 5:17-19
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Hebrews 7:8
"In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living."

Source(s): http://www.bible.com/bibleanswers_result…

Hope this solve the riddle?

dare2think: Are you sure they are not complaining? So the fact politicians are getting away with it, why should't the pastors, right?

By the way what is the source of income of Oyedepo?

You are missing it that way. The school belong to the church. The church has a Board of Trustee that work in conjunction with the National Education Commission (NEC) the NEC oversee all the educational arm of the church in trust for the Trustees. Oyedepo is just bless! This man have since stop to collect salary from the church purse since December 1996 and he has a chartered accountant who keeps record of his income despite the fact, because he is bless. Please read the bible very well all our patriarchs in faith starting from Abraham to King David are well blessed/wealthy people. Our God is the same yesterday, today and forever. God bless us!

Kana-kana (Yoruba language)

Our people are not that enlighten about the wayward life of these Akata so they copy everything foreign hook-line sinker. God help Nigeria youth!

Self-esteem tends to personality. We have the Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and Phlegmatic. If a person possess any of Melancholy and Phlegmatic trait he/she is bond to suffer from inferiority complex while the other two characteristics are out-going people with high self-esteem. I use to suffer inferiority complex (shy even in the midst of perceived high-class friends) in the past so i did a research on my personality and discover i am made up of Melancholy and Phlegmatic trait, the moment i decided to work on myself I have been able to overcome this inferior complex gradually.

You see the more reason why Ibos may not organize themselves for the presidency in the near future.

I do 1, 5 & 7 well for her.

dridowu: Who is FAYOSE ?
Where is EKITI ?

FAYOSE IS THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE OF NIGERIA.

EKITI IS A NAME OF CERTAIN PEOPLE IN NIGERIA CO-HABITING IN A STATE CREATED FOR THE EKITI-KETE OF NIGERIA LOCATED IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF NIGERIA.

www.ekitistate.gov.ng

Location of Ekiti State in Nigeria - Coordinates: 7°40′N 5°15′E. Altitude: 458 Region: Ekiti State, South-West, Nigeria. Population : 2,737,186

It may interest you to know that the State has produced and we are still producing erudite scholars for the country and Africa.
Ekiti State is a state in southwest Nigeria, declared a state on October 1, 1996 alongside five others by the military under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. The state, carved out of the territory of old Ondo State, covers the former twelve local government areas that made up the Ekiti Zone of old Ondo State. On creation, it took off with sixteen (16) Local Government Areas (LGAs), having had an additional four carved out of the old ones. Ekiti State is one of the thirty-six states (Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)) that constitute Nigeria. Ekiti State is reputed to have produced the highest number of professors in Nigeria. Several pioneers academics are from the state. Pioneers like Profs Adegoke Olubummo(1st Nigeria Professor in the field of Mathematics), Adeyinka Adeyemi(1st Professor of Architecture in West Africa). Others include renowned academics like Profs J.F. Ade-Ajayi, Niyi Osundare, Sam Aluko, Bolaji Aluko, Peter Bodurin and others too many to mention.

Following a prolonged political crisis during Gov. Ayo Fayose administration, President Olusegun Obasanjo imposed a military administrator (General Tunji Olurin) on Ekiti State in October 2006. On April 27, 2007 Olurin was replaced by Tope Ademiluyi. In the PDP primary of 2006, 1st place finisher, Yinka Akerele and 2nd place Adesegun Ojo were supposed to be in a run-off to determine who would be the nominee of the Nigerian ruling party when President Obasanjo summoned them to Abuja and imposed the candidate who came third - Engineer Segun Oni. He was later elected in the 2007 election as the governor of the state in an election marred by widespread irregularities and the AC (ACN) candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi challenged his election and forced a rerun in May 2009.

The May 2009 rerun was characterized by even worse rigging and the election was disputed again. Eventually, after three years, the election of Oni was thrown out and Kayode Fayemi was declared the duly elected governor of Ekiti State.

Am a proud Son of Ekiti land. God bless Nigeria!