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

Decades of policies that have helped to re-write centuries of systemic and intentional deprivation and racism are being erased by activist justices strategically installed by a section of Americans society who want to maintain the status quo where minority, who have next to zero wealth to pass down to generations because of perpetual poverty, are kept under.... The wealth gap instigated by quality education is part of what births Affirmative Action. The average asset of a Caucasian family in America is 8 times that of their African American counterpart and transferred generational wealth is 5 times more with an average Caucasian than for a black man, we know why and it was partly addressed ..... Having worked in an American higher institution for almost a decade, I can't explain enough the importance of diversity and inclusion.... What it does to enrollment and retention. Those who know the American educational system well will tell you that your zip code determines the quality of

I have listened to many Nigerians, especially non-Ibo Nigerians that say over their dead bodies that an Ibo man will become the president because they will practice the worst form of tribalism and take our land. I ask them, what of a Fulani man - has he not taken your land, has his kinsmen not killed your people - my people? And no one, I mean no single Fulani man has been prosecuted to the full extent of the law since Buhari became the president. "Ibo man will take your land," what of Fulani man who has taken it, and is plotting to take more lawfully through RUGA or whatever law he is trying to get the House to promulgate before he lives the presidency? If after 55 years and we think we cannot live past the civil war, then we should let the Ibos go...... PERIOD! If the Yorubas are the ones in the position the Ibos find themselves, would we stay in Nigeria? If the other ethnic group says we cannot produce the leader after 55 years, would we stay in such union.....? Let us be

  Congratulations to Nigerians, especially millions of students who have been forced to stay at home in the last 8 months. ASUU has suspended its strike. I think it is high time the Nigerian university system is properly restructured - some level of autonomy that allows significant internally generated revenue (IGR), and private sector audit coordinated by the stakeholders are critical. It is time to introduce tuition and scholarship. The latter is for brilliant students whose parents cannot afford part or full tuition. There are more than a million students (2.1 million as of 2021) in public universities in Nigeria, a tuition of N100k/student translates to N2 trillion in revenue per annum; N50k tuition will create over N1 trillion in revenue. There are several university ventures that can generate revenue - press, guest house, license to private taxi owners and companies, rent from lecturers and staff, etc. Sports could be a means to generate funds if properly managed - soccer, baske