Vast majority of Nigerian graduates cannot defend their certificates - Afe Babalola

 The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has grieved about the extent at which the quality of education inNigeria has degenerated, stating that many graduates cannot defend their certificates.

Babalola expressed his dissatisfaction at the continuous decline in the standard of education, particularly university education, and has called for urgent action to remedy the situation before it is too late.

He said this during a reception for 37-year-old Prof Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships of the institution who recently became a SAN.

“I love bright, hardworking and industrious people, like Prof Olawuyi.

“My inclination towards bright and brilliant people has influenced the way I have been running my chambers over time. I have made it abundantly clear that the senior lawyers owe it a duty to take good care of their juniors,” he said.

Babalola, who said poor education was worse and more dangerous than illiteracy, said, “Due to poor education, Nigeria is today producing graduates whose education makes them more dangerous than uneducated people.

“Today, Nigeria produces graduates who cannot write simple and correct sentences, graduates who do not understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs, graduates who cannot defend their certificates.

“Whereas our towns will only be better if we have quality education, our nation will be better if we have quality education and the world will be better if we have quality education.

According to him, ABUAD is replicating the type of quality and functional education that he had in primary school.