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    "id": 1143180,
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    "type": "speech",
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    "content": "The petitioner, who introduces himself as the executive director of Power Africa, a civil society organisation (CSO) specialising in socioeconomic development and governance, bemourns what he terms as a sad state of public universities in the country. He highlights poor leadership, mismanagement, deteriorating debt levels, lack of inclusivity, lack of accountability, failure to comply with gender and regional balance and inadequate public participation as some of the ills facing institutions of higher learning. In particular, he feels the exclusion of alumni associations and other stakeholders in decision-making as a root cause of what has led to some universities to face near collapse, auction of property, as well as public ridicule. He is thus convinced that involvement of alumni associations will go a long way in addressing the aforementioned challenges as well as in securing support, national pride, prosperity and global competitiveness of universities through the resultant improvement in quality standards and management."
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