EDITORIAL: Tinubu, stop this gratuitous proliferation of universities!

The penchant for unrestrained establishment of universities in the country, despite the decrepit state of existing ones, as a result of gross underfunding, is highly counterproductive. The past two administrations took this act to ridiculous levels. Still, it is incredible that the Tinubu government has equally embraced this, despite the fact that objective conditions suggest the contrary.

In the first three months of this year, nine of these institutions have sprung up, including…