Osinbajo: Government alone can’t fund universities

Universities that are doing well are not funded by government; they are funded by students. Good things are not cheap. Government should make education free at the secondary school level and universities should charge enough to maintain themselves.

The TSA is discouraging many people who may be interested in funding certain programs or projects in public universities. I don’t think this remark should come from a government official.

If government cannot fully fund education, it should stop paying our lawmakers, who are not doing much for the growth of the country.

But government funded universities in the past and even offered scholarships to people to study abroad. The government recently collected more than N5 billion from JAMB, so I believe that it can fund education. I hope government is not planning to increase tuition fees in schools.

It is sad that despite the fact that most of our leaders benefitted from government funded schools, they are not ready to do same for the masses now. Government should privatise some schools if it cannot fund them.

Government needs to prioritise education and stop funding other things that have no direct impact on the masses.

I agree with the Vice President. The situation is not peculiar to universities, government alone cannot fund basic amenities. The private sector needs to step in. If government cannot adequately fund universities, then it should stop creating new ones.

Statements like this worry me and make me wonder if the campaign promises will be kept. Well to do Nigerians should invest in the education sector.