Private Universities and Building a World Class University in Africa

In the past decade the term world-class university WCU - also called globally competitive universities world-class elite or flagship universities- has become a catch phrase not simply for improving the quality of learning and research in higher education but also more important for developing the capacity to compete in the global higher education marketplace through the acquisition and creation of advanced knowledge This paper will provide a description of the attributes of world-class universities the steps in building and sustaining world-class universities in Africa and will propose methodologies by which private universities in Africa can attain world-class status sharing the experiences in Nigeria The paper will be concluded to offer a few tips to private Universities to guide their earnest quest to attain world-class statu

Corruption and Governance: A Bad Ginger for Development in Nigeria

Public service is a service where federal state or local government has an interest or where its presence is felt It is a very wide organ encompassing the civil service the school system the judicially the local government system the security agents government companies and public service is of great importance to any given state The role of the public service in achieving good governance cannot be underestimated The purpose of the state is to maximize the potentials of its citizens by providing basic rights liberty security and welfare which can be gathered from the central role in the formulation and implementation of policies designed for the development of the society Development is critical and essential to the sustenance and growth of any nation A country is classified as developed when can provide qualitative life for her citizenry Nigeria in the last fifty years has been battling with the problems of development despite huge human material and natural resources in her possession In Nigeria the roles of government has come under severe critiques within the framework of the gap that exists between the anticipated roles and the actual output in guiding the society along the course of development as a result of corruptio