Akinbode's BLOG on Faith, Politics, Science, Engineering, Education and Health

Anyone who knows how public and private institutions/universities are run in advanced and advancing economies would tell Nigerian political leaders that they have falling short of their responsibility and are failed posterity/ unborn and current generation of university-age Nigerians with the way they have starved and are starving our institutions with funding support Public universities in the US survive PRIMARILY on funding support from State and Federal governments, through a direct and competitive approach of research grant - I know because I work in one. They do make some small money from IGR that come from IP (commercializing inventions); Tickets and TV rights from sporting activities (American Football, Baseball, and Basket Ball, etc.); parking tickets; student housing; etc. They also g money from donations and endowments. These monies are insignificant compared to the funding they receive from the government. No university can survive on IGR anywhere - the society be

I tell it at as I see it - here is my take on the Osun 2018 Governorship Election based on what we know in part: Omisore would have won the election in a place where people make a judgment based on quality and facts displayed, unfortunately, he ran on a weak platform because he was in a hurry and he allegedly connived to destroy the platform that should have raised him and he became homeless only to settle for a forgotten podium, SDP. He showed color, depth, understanding of Osun's problems and how Aregbe got it all wrong and what Osun's government suppose to have focused on - Massive Agricultural Production & Processing, and Human Capital Development; Oyetola, with all his backing, failed to defend Aregbe's many failed policies; the other 2 candidates in the election, Adeoti and Akinbade were mere spectators even though Adeoti may be the reason Oyetola-APC did not win a landslide because he defected to ADP with 75% of APC exco in the aftermath of rigged APC