The Vision Pioneer of Throneroom (Trust) Ministry, Kafanchan, Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, has called for the reorientation of Nigerian universities to move the country in a positive direction.
The clergy made the call yesterday while presenting a paper titled “Reconfiguring the Nigerian University Landscape: A Critical Exploration of Pioneer Solutions for Sustainable Educational Reforms” at a one-day inaugural public lecture organised by Kaduna State University (KASU) held at the main campus in Kaduna.
He explained that Nigeria’s Universities should engage in research and provide specific local solutions to their immediate host communities. This will expose students to the importance of helping and impacting their communities, even after leaving school.
He challenged the management of Kaduna State University to define its philosophy clearly and what it hopes to achieve and to deliberately instil this philosophy in the students if the university wants to survive in the long run.
While lamenting the nation’s current poor state and Nigerians’ suffering, Apostle Kure, who is also the Co-chairman of the Kaduna Family of the State Peace Commission, stated that the government must be deliberate in correcting the selfish and faulty foundation upon which the country was established.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Federal Government needs to provide Nigerians with a step-by-step blueprint on how they intend to fix the country, rather than continually reassuring them that things will soon get better.
“Everything has reached a standstill right now; leaders and followers need a complete reorientation,” Kure added.
He lamented that the nation’s foundation was faulty, saying it was founded on selfish interests and regional interests.
He, however, advised that there was a need to redevelop a nationalistic orientation through Nigeria’s university system so that we could begin to see all of us as one entity and that every part of the country was necessary.
“The Government needs to stand back and hear the people’s cry, stressing things are wrong, and the Government’s response so far has not been encouraging enough to bring peace to the people.
“Nobody seems to be responding to the problems, and the cries of the people are only reassurances that things will get better, but Nigerians are interested to know how things will get better.
He said somebody needs to speak up because Nigeria is dying slowly and quietly and calls for students of tertiary institutions to change their attitudes toward learning to discover their potential and leave a positive legacy for future generations.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of KASU, Prof. Bashir Ali, who spoke through the Deputy Vice Chancellor, said the topic was carefully chosen to address the current challenges faced by education.
He urged participants to listen carefully and use what they had learned judiciously to improve education in the country.
The University Management presented Apostle Emmanuel Kure with a plaque for his immense contribution and support of knowledge in Kaduna State and Nigeria as a whole.
