When scholars start sounding like campaign managers

The article criticizes the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by 600 academics from Northern universities, arguing that academics should interrogate power rather than endorse it. It suggests that the administration’s need for such endorsement indicates desperation dressed as intellectual engagement. The writer contends that a government confident in its record would not require academics to certify it before an election. The piece questions the motives behind the gathering and the presence of certain officials to receive the communiqué.

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