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Reactions have continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan's recent outcry over the non inclusion of any Nigerian tertiary institutions among the top 10 institutions in Africa.
According to a lecturer in the department of computer engineering, Mr. Israel Umana, politicians and top government functionaries in should be blamed for not being responsive to the plight of the country's education. He wondered why politicians should spend huge amount of tax payers, money to send their children to school abroad without any concern to the educational system. The lecturer added that if such money was to be channeled into Nigerian universities there will be great improvement.
He  explained that university education which is the highest level of education in the world is being treated with levity as government no longer cares about the welfare of lecturers and facilities.
The university don cited the case of the current strike by university lecturers, adding that it was born out of government lackadaisical attitude towards the implementation of the earlier agreement with ASUU.
He mentioned example of university of Ghana in which facilities are in place and lecturers are paid equivalent of what oil companies workers collect in Nigeria because of the value accord to education in that country.
The lecture averred that for Nigeria to revamp her educational system, everybody has a role to play.
He said that multinational companies should assist the government by providing facilities and equipment to higher institution as part of their social responsibility.
Mr. Umana franked at a situation in which students were asked to contribute for the purchase of equipment, and charged politicians to bring children back so that they could develop interest in the country education system.
Also reacting, a student in the department of communication Arts, Miss Eunice Nnadi Chioma said it was disappointing and shameful for a country that claims giant of Africa to be left out in terms of education.
She called on the president and stakeholders in the educational system to do something the dwindling education system in the country.

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