UI Don calls for the reinstatement of true autonomy to Nigerian universities

UI Don calls for the reinstatement of true autonomy to Nigerian universities 

A Professor of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy at the University of Ibadan, Professor Michael Ayodele Odeniyi, has called on the government to reinstate true academic and administrative autonomy to Nigerian universities without undermining critical funding. 

He made the call while delivering the 543rd Inaugural Lecture of the University of Ibadan on behalf of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Professor Odeniyi noted that in recent times, there has been an assault on the curriculum development process and the ability to ensure the quality of the students' intakes.

He lamented that the universities' academic autonomy to determine the direction of their academic programmes is being undermined, while the ability to recruit good quality staff and students is assailed.

He also called for the government to boost and invest in excipient development and production from locally available polymers while awaiting the take off of petrochemical industries.