‘Varsities Can Proffer Solutions To Nigeria’s Problems’

Vice Chancellor, McPherson University, Professor Francis Igbasan has said universities are capable of providing solutions to the various challenges facing the country.

He argued that what was required is attitudinal change on the part of the society.

While addressing newsmen on the programmes for the 7th convocation ceremony of the institution in Ibadan, lamented that the country was not deriving the maximum benefits from the universities because there was no meaningful relationship between town and the gown.

He maintained that the universities were institutions for research that provide solutions to any problem facing individuals or society, stating that by getting it right as it was done in saner clime

“our universities would be harbingers of solutions to the challenges facing the country.

“We have experts in various fields in our universities but our people will not go there to seek advice or way out whenever they are having challenges.

“As a farmer in Nigeria, if you have a challenge in your farming activities the first place you need to go is the university because their experts might have just come up with a research work that can be of a good help in solving your problem.

“It is so sad today that our people neglect the right places to go in search of solutions to their problems, what I think we are lacking is the attitude to do things properly, it is only when we inculcate the ability to do things right that this country can move forward as a nation. Our problem in the country is that town and gown relationship is lacking”, he said.