BREAKING: The untold truth about the UofA Student’s welfare;a call to action for all Alumni and organisations.

In leu of this,the 1992 act no. 106, provided the establishment of the University of Abuja as the first of its kind in Nigeria with dual mandate at inception,with the following objects-

     (a) to encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction 

of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring a higher and liberal education;

(b)to relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people

           of Nigeria;

Moreover, Nigeria is fallen into a state of quagmire and poverty and what she needs now is the fulfillment of the age-long promises of the compatriots who before hand saw these dangers and established the University of Abuja and others to solve this problems,remember, their promise is a cloud, and the fulfillment is the rain." So how do we see the rain?

A newly released report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants and Consequences, identifies the unequal distribution of essential facilities, such as schools, as one the drivers of wide income disparities.

Dr. Ayodele Odusola, the lead editor of the report and UNDP’s chief economist who is also a Nigerian national, makes the following point: “Quality education is key to social mobility and can thus help reduce poverty, although it may not necessarily reduce [income] inequality.”

To address education inequality, he says, governments must invest heavily in child and youth development through appropriate education and health policies and programmes.

Higher-quality education, he says, improves the distribution of skilled workers, and state authorities can use this increased supply to build a fairer society in which all people, rich or poor, have equal opportunities. As it is now, only the elites benefit from quality education.

“Wealthy leaders in Africa send their children to study in the best universities abroad, such as Harvard. After studies, they come back to rule their countries, while those from poor families who went to public schools would be lucky to get a job even in the public sector,” notes Mr. Odusola.

Our government has done well by providing for us a solution to the poverty and other security challenges in Nigeria, thereby establishing the UofA, and our digital VC,Prof.  Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah has also done well by providing all necessary facilities in the UofA,and for turning a once glorified secondary school into a world class university. But what becomes the fate of the poor students who wouldn't be able to meet up with the March 7th school fees payment deadline?

Drop out of the school and join the millions of school drop-out in the streets causing havoc in the Nation, or commit suicide to hide from the shame just like the world of today and the headlines in all news media?

Never will this happen!

We've gone a long way in the UofA and our Alumni body are all doing well and would not allow another suicidal message of our student.

We call on all Alumni and organisational bodies to channel their humanitarian services to the students, we must prioritise the wellbeing of our present and future Nigeria by sponsoring our educational system.

For just as the author of Who moved my cheese, Spencer Johnson would write,leave a trace for other's to find a way easily, so we beseech the Alumni bodies and other organisations who has found the light to leave a footprint of success in our noble institution.

May we never loose a soul to poverty.