There is no gainsaying the fact that Federal Government through its National Universities Commission (NUC) is doing its best by way of checks and balances, effective supervision and quality control of all universities in Nigeria particularly the private ones.
However, there is need for the government to ensure adequate support for education in private universities. It must be mentioned here that several of the private universities in Nigeria are not established for profit making but to give students sound moral education, which will bring about the fear of God and a good society.
A typical example is that of Crescent University, Abeokuta, with the vision and mission of sound education, good moral upbringing and service to God. We are also to ensure that the university has a national outlook. Hence, there is no state in the country that is not represented in the university in terms of students.
Female emancipation towards a better, mature life is now emanating from several states of the north, particularly Kano, Sokoto and Zamfara from where students are sent on scholarship to the university.
To this end, federal government must ensure that private universities in Nigeria enjoy benefits of Tertiary Education Trust Funds (TETFUNDS) since this will further help in development of education sector. Tremendous development of education is indeed sine qua non to development of any nation.
Prince Bola Ajibola,
Abeokuta, Ogun State.
