When the Students’ Union of the University of Abuja invited me for a talk, I didn’t expect much, but I decided to go.
From the airport straight to the school, my team told me something was wrong — the event hall was empty, and the university had cancelled the program.
Later, the Students’ Union President said it would still hold, so I went to the gate. Security stopped me, saying management had declared my visit “unacceptable.” They said the Students’ Union didn’t have permission to host me.
I refused to leave. As I sat there, I saw a lady stopped from entering the campus because of “improper dressing.” | asked the guards if the university bought clothes for students — they got confused and finally let her in.
When the Students’ Union President arrived, he looked helpless. It was clear he couldn’t act freely without fear of the authorities.
That day, I saw that the University of Abuja wasn’t a true place of learning — it was a shadow of courage and ideas.
Our universities are not dying because of lack of money, but because of lack of freedom, truth, and integrity.
Nigerian universities are d**d. What’s left is the struggle to bring them back to life.
(mazitundeednut)
