ADSU @20: Nigerian Universities, the Best Performing Sector in the Country Despite Challenges - University Don, Prof Umar Pate
Daily Rendezvous The Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Kashere, Prof. Umar Pate has praised the resilience of the Nigerian university system as the best performing sector of all time compared to other sectors in the country, that have crumbled under the heavy weight of lack of investment and development in the country. Pate said, most of Nigeria's universities have long outgrown their carrying capacity yet they have continued to maintain standard and produce quality graduates that compete globally in various fields of endeavour. Umar Pate made this known while delivering the keynote lecture at the 20th anniversary of the Adamawa State University in Mubi, Adamawa State. Pate said, there are over 2.1 million Nigerian students, spread across over 150 universities in the country, struggling to gain world class education with inadequate facilities, yet education continues to thrive reasonable well against the decades of little investment and commitment to development o...