At Veritas Varsity, Gov Mutfwang blames Nigeria’s decay on educated elite

From Fred Itua, Abuja
 
Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang on Friday delivered a blistering indictment of Nigeria’s educated elite, declaring that the country’s deepest governance failures, including grand corruption, the capture of public institutions and the abuse of office, are overwhelmingly the work of trained, intelligent minds rather than the uneducated.
Speaking at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of Veritas University, Abuja, while delivering the lecture titled “Building the Nigeria We Want: The Role of the Educated Mind,” Mutfwang warned that academic intelligence without integrity has become one of the greatest threats to national development.
He told the graduating stu...