{"id":20797,"date":"2018-11-21T21:57:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T21:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20797"},"modified":"2018-11-21T22:04:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T22:04:59","slug":"for-those-who-do-not-understand-why-asuu-is-on-strike-by-nasir-el-rufai2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20797","title":{"rendered":"For Those Who do not Understand &#8220;Why ASUU is on strike&#8221; by Nasir El-Rufai(2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility.<\/p>\n<p>2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards<\/p>\n<p>3.More than 50% don\u2019t use Public Address System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms\/theatres.<\/p>\n<p>4. Internet Services are non-existent,or epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities<\/p>\n<p>5. Nigerian Universities Library resources are outdated and manually operated. Book shelves are homes to rats\/cockroaches<\/p>\n<p>6.No university library in Nigeria is fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.<\/p>\n<p>7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going projects<\/p>\n<p>8. Some of the abandoned projects in Nigerian universities are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.<\/p>\n<p>9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use bush as toilet<\/p>\n<p>10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).<\/p>\n<p>11. All NDDC projects across universities in Niger Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students\u2019 hostels<\/p>\n<p>12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be classified as &#8220;Glorified Primary Schools&#8221; Laboratories are non existing<\/p>\n<p>13. There are 8 on-going projects at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State Government<\/p>\n<p>14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are grossly under-staffed<\/p>\n<p>15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have under-qualified Academics<\/p>\n<p>17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming large chunk of the workforce)<\/p>\n<p>18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanian Universities attract same<\/p>\n<p>19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have \u2018closed\u2019 (homogeneous staff \u2013 in terms of ethno-cultural background)<\/p>\n<p>20. Based on the available data, there are 37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities<\/p>\n<p>21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian universities are male while 17% are female.<\/p>\n<p>22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State Universities.<\/p>\n<p>23. The teaching staff-students ratio is EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities:<\/p>\n<p>24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University 1:111<\/p>\n<p>25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4; MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).<\/p>\n<p>26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having 100% Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no PhDs<\/p>\n<p>27. Nigerian University medical students trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books<\/p>\n<p>28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to 60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications<\/p>\n<p>29. While majority of the universities in the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture<\/p>\n<p>30. There are universities in Nigeria which the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)<\/p>\n<p>31. Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25 PhD holders.<\/p>\n<p>32. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs<\/p>\n<p>33. Ondo State University of Sci &amp; Tech Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>34. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on full-time basis.<\/p>\n<p>35. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>36. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of 47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting<\/p>\n<p>37. In Plateau State University, Bokkos, 74% of the lecturers are visiting.<\/p>\n<p>38. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=17274&amp;ad_type=64&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>39. 700 EX-MILLITANTS in Nigeria are receiving more funds anualy than 20 Nigerian universities under &#8216;Amnesty Scam&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge community.<\/p>\n<p>41. No Nigerian academic is in the league of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n<p>42. There are only 2 registered patents owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>43. Numerically more support staff in the services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to support<\/p>\n<p>44. More expenditure is incurred in administration &amp; routine functions than in core academic matters in Nigerian Universities<\/p>\n<p>45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in Nigeria\u2019s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff<\/p>\n<p>46. University of Benin, there are more senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than Professors<\/p>\n<p>47. Almost all the universities are over-staffed with non- teaching staff<\/p>\n<p>48. There are 1,252,913 students in Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male<\/p>\n<p>49. There is no relationship between enrolment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>50. Nigerian Uni Horrible hostel facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor sanitation,etc<\/p>\n<p>51. Except Nigerian Defence Acadamy Kaduna, no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.<\/p>\n<p>52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU),female students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor condition.<\/p>\n<p>53. Laundries and common rooms in many universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison style.<\/p>\n<p>54. In most improvised cage called hostels in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.<\/p>\n<p>55. Most State universities charge commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation<\/p>\n<p>56. In off-campus hostels, students are susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang violence<\/p>\n<p>57. Nigerian University Students sitting on bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures<\/p>\n<p>58. Over 1000 students being packed in lecture halls meant for less than 150 students<\/p>\n<p>59. Over 400 Nigerian University students being packed in laboratory meant for 75 students<\/p>\n<p>60. University administrators Spend millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation level; Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even though they lack basic classroom furnishings; Spend hundreds of millions in wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in tatters;<\/p>\n<p>61. Govt interested in spending money on creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing ones; Keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects or standardizing existing facilities; Expend hundreds of millions paying visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff<\/p>\n<p>62. Govt spending hundreds of millions in mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power supplements; Govt hiring personal staff, including Personal Assistants, Special Advisers, Bodyguards, Personal Consultants, etc.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><\/span><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cm\">WHYASUUSTRIKE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility. 2. 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