Ghana’s president, Dr John Dramani Mahama, has identified financial and administrative autonomies as potent instruments for bringing out innovations and creativity in African universities. Dr Mahama stated this yesterday in Ado-Ekiti when he delivered the 2nd Annual Lecture of the Ekiti State University entitled: “University Governance and Reclaiming the lost Glory: The Challenges and Possibilities of World-class Universities in Africa” in commemoration of the institution’s 18th convocation.
He declared that African universities would continue to roam at the lowest ebb of ranking in the comity of world universities in the absence of full autonomy.
Represented at the event by Ghana’s minister of education, Prof Naana Opoku, Mahama posited that “African universities must be independent and enjoy autonomy.
Apart from this, they should be supported by the private sector, which will benefit from the graduates being churned out for the building of a virile economy for our continent.”
While calling for a Peer Review Journals to engender a harmonious working relationship among the African universities, he advised that it should not be allowed to create unhealthy rivalry among them.
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who was represented by the commissioner for education, Mr Kehinde Ojo, pledged the speedy completion of the proposed Institute of Governance in the university to train the present and future leaders in the art of governance for speedy development in Nigeria and the African continent.
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