A recent global ranking of universities has highlighted the troubling state of Nigerian higher education, with only 21 of the country’s 274 universities making the list. This revelation has sparked widespread concern among educators and experts, who point to misgovernance and maladministration as key factors in this dismal performance.
Prof. Moses Idowu, an expert in Ecclesiastical Theology and Human Development, criticised the results, particularly noting that no federal or state universities made it into the top 1,000 globally. Covenant University and Landmark University, both private institutions affiliated with the Living Faith Tabernacle and led by Bishop David Oyedepo, were the only Nigerian universities ranked in Bands A and B.
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