The development of any
nation lies on its educational force and as such the NOUN Act was amended among
others to improve the country’s educational sector. Presently, concerned
individuals are anxiously waiting for the outcome of the NOUN amendment bill
being laid before the president for his assent to further improve the school as
Africa’s largest institution of learning.
The recent outcome of the
Peace Corps bill and the ongoing reactions of the people over the survival of
the agency have again necessitated progressive minds to encourage the president
to assent to the NOUN amendment bill, praying that it should not suffer similar
fate with other rejected bills because it is for educational advancement in
line with national policy for development.
As African countries are
making educational advancement to catch up with the West, Nigeria should not be
left behind, rather it should be the pacesetter for Africa in all ramifications
and not the contrary as being experienced.
The Noun law graduates
plight has lingered for years and it becomes necessary to amend the existing
Act, the “Correspondence Studies”
clause as contended by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) on grounds of
procedural defects.
Consequently, to save the innocent
students and with a view to improving the system, the National Assembly
resolved to clear the obstacle and amended the Act that established the school
and clothed it with the status of the conventional universities to enable the
law graduates proceed to law school and NYSC programme when assented to law.
Worried over the pathetic
matter, prominent individuals including Nigeria’s ex-president, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, a NOUN PhD holder have made tremendous efforts in the past to
persuade CLE to accept the NOUN law graduates but to no avail.
Now in anticipation of the
president’s assent, the students and concerned individuals strongly believe
that their problem has eventually come to an end. It is on this strength that l
write to salute and encourage the president to assent to the bill for the good
of the law graduates, parents and the country at large.
Gibson Ogbeiniama, Esq
Ore, Ondo
State
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