The doctrine of sanctity of contracts is recognized by all jurisdictions of the world. Right from ancient times till today, all societies have had it as a norm that agreements must be respected and fulfilled. There is no society in which breach of agreements is tolerated and no scripture glorifies reckless [...]
A disturbing feature of governance in Nigeria is huge and inexplicable cost of governance. While cost in this wise is monetary, it is certain that cost of governance in Nigeria has acquired a morbid and fatal effect on lives. Government continues to say it is broke while profligacy continues. The amount [...]
As I continue to reflect on the challenges confronting Nigeria as a nation and the various actors responsible for its woes, it suddenly occurred to me that there is a category of persons that is often forgotten in the post-mortem of the corpse (state) of the country. This class of Nigerians, [...]
How does a poor professor resist this kind of onslaught? The end message from the above is that where the management manages to generate any internal revenue, 70 per cent ends up in the pockets of these external administrators. Even where the university intends to apply the derived fund to augment [...]
The recurrent industrial actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria are not too dissimilar to several other strikes that we have been witnessing in the country. Strikes have become so pervasive in the country that one is hardly able to distinguish when a sector is down or [...]