Rescuing Nigeria From Her Leaders
By Owei Lakemfa Intellectuals and academics from fourteen universities who gathered at the University of Abuja on September 5 to discuss the seemingly insoluble problems of the country, concluded that Nigeria has to be rescued from its leaders. *Buhari They poured in from the universities in Minna, Akwa Ibom , Benin , Ekpoma, Ado Ekiti, Port Harcourt , Sokoto, Osun, Makurdi and Ago Iwoye. Others came from the IBB, Tai Solarin and Lagos State Universities . Students of the host University of Abuja also filled the Management Hall, venue of the gathering which also featured an address by their Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Umale Adikwu represented by Professor Gboyega Kolawole. Dr. Theophilus . D. Lagi, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Abuja Zonal Coordinator in addressing the theme: ‘Neo-Liberalism, Democracy and Development in Nigeria ” lamented that the country’s political leaders with their policy of ‘Governmen...