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The Registrar/Secretary to Council, Dr. (Mrs) Taiwo F. Ipaye; Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bello; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Research), Prof. Babajide.
Nigerian Universities' Low Global Ranking Due To Poor Funding, Insecurity - Unilag VC
No Nigerian university has made it into the Webometric list of top 10 universities in Africa despite being the number one economy and the most populated country in the continent.
The reason for this poor showing was recently explained by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Rahamon Bello.
Bello said the main reasons for Nigeria's poor showings in international circles include inadequate funding, insecurity amongst others.
He cited the example of UNILAG which he says spends 95% of its monthly allocation on salaries and emoluments, a situation which limits the institution's competing power.
“With these challenges, no Nigerian university will be ranked number one in Africa. Nigerian universities need financial autonomy for them to compete favourably with others from across the globe,” he said.
He however noted that the quality of Nigerian education is still high with high-performing scholars.
UNILAG will be graduating 9,729 students, 89 of whom will receive first class honours, at the institution's 2012/2013 convocation.
It will be recalled that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was on strike for the better part of 2013 over poor funding of universities while the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is still stating its case with the Federal government.
Student Pulse only recently reported that as many as 75,000 Nigerian students have gone to Ghana in search of qualitative education.
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