Don Advocates Adequate Funding For Research

A don, Prof. Janice
Olawoye, last Wednesday, advised the federal and state  governments to adequately fund research in tertiary institutions, to enhance development of the country.
Olawoye of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, told Journalists in Abuja, that quality research was necessary to enhance the living standard of the people.
“Education generally is being under funded in this country and if we really want a great future, we need to vote more money into education and research development.
“If we carry out good research, industries and other corporations will be ready to pay us for coming up with inventions and research findings that will assist them,” she said.
The expert also said that adequately funded research had the tendency to provide revenue generation for tertiary institutions.
Olawoye stressed the need to check corruption in tertiary institutions through seminars, conferences and establishment of anti-corruption programmes.
“It is not just a question of adequate funding, but the challenge has always been how the money is being managed; so it is important for managers of tertiary institutions to put their houses in order
“We need a change in values generally, to go back to the period when reputations were considered sacred; when we were concerned about the development of every one rather than selfish interest,’’ she said.