Following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, reactions have continued to pour in across the country, with academics and political analysts weighing in on his legacy.
One such voice is Dr Anthony Amedu, a lecturer at Lead City University, Ibadan, who described Buhari as “more of a military ruler than a democratic leader” during a radio interview on Adammimogo 105.1FM’s current affairs programme, Inside Scoop.
Reflecting on key moments from Buhari’s administration, Dr Amedu highlighted the #EndSARS protest of 2020 as one of the most defining and lowest moments of his time in office, pointing to it as evidence of the administration’s disconnect with the youth and civil society.
He also questioned the competence of the late military man as a democratically elected president between 2015 and 2023 saying he would have better remembered if he wasn’t a civilian president.
However, shifting away from the late president’s legacy, the academic took time to critique the recently announced JAMB cut-off mark, which has drawn mixed reactions from education stakeholders.
According to Dr Amedu, “the examination has lost its relevance” calling into question the value and credibility of Nigeria’s tertiary education entry system.
In a broader commentary on Nigeria’s higher education challenges, Dr Amedu urged universities to reduce their dependence on government funding. He also emphasized the importance of embracing institutional autonomy, as well as adopting digital transformation strategies to modernize learning environments.
He called on university administrators to “ditch overdependence, embrace autonomy, and make digitization the new watchword from the bottom up.”
