The Chancellor of the Rivers State University (RSU), retired Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad 1, has regretted the declining value system in the country.
He said that has also affected the country’s quality of education.
Speaking, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, at the 34th Convocation of the institution, Muhammad 1 said such decline was evidenced in poor national orientation, lack of enduring welfare system and general lack of attention to the youths.
He observed the unquenchable desire among Nigerian youths to relocate abroad, a phenomenon that has become a major national threat and an indicator of a bleak future for Nigeria.
Speaking also, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, charged the institution to be ready to benchmark its academic programmes to meet global demands, considering the fast-changing world that “demands a corresponding change in education standards.”
Wike, who was conferred with the Honorary Doctor of Laws LL.D (Honoris Causa) insisted that the university must move away from the existing academic model of processing of graduates in their numbers, after every four or five years, unmindful of the quality of knowledge and skills imparted.
He maintained that RSU could not be rated high and respected globally, unless it could link education with “cutting-edge research that creates new knowledge and innovation that converts ideas into wealth creation, jobs and human progress.”
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“Graduates lacking adequate knowledge, dexterity and self-transformation cannot be helpful to society, nor will they be useful to themselves.
“Money spent on such graduates may have also been wasted as they will remain socio-economic burdens to their families, friends and community.”
The governor announced the donation of N1b to the university to enable the management cater to the needs of the multi-campuses.
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He commended the management for conferring on the Doctor of Laws (LL.D) on him for his services to the university, the state and the nation.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nlerum Okogbule, said 3,314 students were awarded the Bachelor’s degrees, and 4,982 were awarded the post-graduate degrees.
Okogbule said the governor was honoured because his administration support to the varsity.
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