Olugbemiro Jegede Quotes

Nigeria has regressed into a nation where mediocrity is allowed to lead where we have intelligent people.

The world is now depending on digital economy so this is what the policy is advocating, that the Universities should appreciate the use of digital learning in today’s world.

To press home their demands without necessarily down-tooling, ASUU should consider the long-term needs of universities and advise the government accordingly. This makes for good planning and budgeting

University education is critical and it is been ignored in countries like Somalia, South Sudan Northern Niger, Chad.

The world is now depending on digital economy so this is what the policy is advocating, that the Universities should appreciate the use of digital learning in today’s world

All we need is implementation, that is what we need. Once it has been implemented all our children from primary yo tertiary institutions will be digitally literate.

In Khartoum and southern Cameroon and other places there were students in final year who all have to flee, as it was libraries and books have all being burnt.

There is nothing positive or salutary about incessant strike actions, or indeed any single strike action in public universities. It is an indication of lack of trust, lack of integrity in the implementation of agreed negotiations. It indicates that the government and ASUU are not on the same page regarding their commitment and management of higher education in Nigeria.

Illiteracy, poverty and low development indices have roots in the low level of education. Today, more than ever, the main wealth source is knowledge. The global economy is being transformed from a material-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

No country can develop unless its citizens are educated. Education does not change the world. Education changes people, people change the world

There is a clear and direct relationship between a country’s development, economic progress, and education offered to its people.

if there is crisis in any Africa country affecting the university there it then means the student can transfer acquired credits to the new choice university in another country and continue the work.

Technology is like our inorganic DNA if you like and so it has become imperative to appreciate the role of technology in teaching and learning so that the next generation will be better placed in appreciating the world and of being trained so that they are better suit for the work force and better entrepreneurs.

I am told that when you ask any child what they want to become, they say, footballer, yahoo-yahoo person, kidnapper/bandits, comedian or LGA chairman: the easiest way out of illiteracy to make easy money in Nigeria.

It goes without saying, therefore, that higher education contributes significantly to the political, scientific, technological, economic, social and human development of any country