By Saheed Ibrahim

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has criticised Nigeria’s tertiary education system, saying that many universities churn out millions of graduates yearly without arming them with the necessary skills and support they need to support the development of the country.

The monarch spoke through his verified social media handles, after securing full accreditation for the take-off courses of the Ojaja University, Eyenkorin Ilorin, Kwara State.

The monarch lamented that undergraduates just do the normal routine every four years, write their projects and graduate.

“What solution are they creating to the many issues we have in the country, especially in health, technology, housing and agriculture, among others? Nigerian universities just churn out millions of graduates yearly but don’t arm them with the necessary skills and support they need.

“In China and the United States of America, students build most of the applications we use today. Students built Facebook, Instagram and several others, and today they are making billions of dollars from them. Our education curriculum should teach how to analyse situations and bring pragmatic solutions via proper research,” he said.

He added that: “ Imagine a university where students graduate and there is a business grant waiting for those who are willing to delve into entrepreneurship. The grants are made readily available to help establish what they have learnt in school.

“We can’t keep churning out graduates without providing how they should be utilised. If not we would continue to witness the current brain drain and the massive exodus of our best hand to foreign countries.”