Some Facts About Baze University

1. Baze is solely owned by Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, an urbane personality, trained in the University of Westminster, England, and about sixteen years younger than the equally brilliant but more politically inclined Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. Need we muddle up ownership for political gains?

2.80% of the Academic Staff in Baze are incidentally people from the South of Nigeria, mainly Igbos and Yorubas, spiced with other regions and foreign experts, from different continents. The University, therefore, does not discriminate because of region or religion, as being wrongly alleged.

3.Baze University is like any other University, guided by NUC regulations, in addition to professional stipulations, like the Council for Legal Education, in the case of Law, and the Nigerian Medical Council in the case of medicine, Council for Registered Engineers for Engineering, amongst others.

4. Conditions set out for graduation must be met by all students, not just to avoid sanctions from regulators, but to instil knowledge in the ideal sense, to grow understanding towards self fulfilment, and for social, economic and political impact.

5.All entrants have equal status as students, and are obliged to fulfilling graduation requirements, administered by the passel of instructors, comprising the said local and foreign faculty members, including lecturers and professors (validated by externals), who can’t prioritise assessments, away from employers’ expectations, and the guidelines of the requisite multiple regulatory authorities.

6. The University does not discriminate against people on grounds of social status, political exposures or business feats, just like universities before its establishment have never been known to do that.

7. Universities in central cities like Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt, etc, are wont to attract prominent personalities, seeking further knowledge, in what is always a humbling, but rewarding experience.

8. Students’ records are always available for further verification, subject to compliance with Data Protection requirements and in line with the Freedom of Information Act, just in case.

9. Baze runs the regular two-semester system, though with the option of a third semester, in a calendar year, each lasting for approximately three to four months. Students have the option of doing two in a year, like other public institutions; or three, if they want early graduation-and can cope.

10. Baze was active in school in the COVID-19 period, cashing in on their initiative in IT, and using Google Classroom, especially. A fair understanding will reveal how effective this can be, in line with the new normal that the pandemic experience thrust on humanity.

11. All academic activities in Baze processes were peer validated by colleagues from sister universities and audited by the NUC, and other regulatory bodies, as is regularly the practice.

12. Private universities were prominent with this innovation across the country, in what was similar to what other great universities like Cambridge, etc, did for some courses.

13. These sets of graduands are not the first by Baze. Baze has had many that headed to the law school and finished with flying colours, including bagging First Class. The records in the law school are open and verifiable.

14. Quality of learning is not determined by longevity, but sometimes by intensity and concentration. The avoidable length of stay in public universities is not because of the rigours of studies, but an avalanche of intervening problems, to wit: strikes, cultism, undue bureaucracies, etc.-all absent in Baze.

15. The curriculum in Baze is not different from elsewhere, but just that you have the option of completing it faster than it is in mainly public schools, because of the option of an extra semester.

16. To reiterate, Baze was set up by a young, creative and cosmopolitan mind, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, who set up the school at age 39, initially assisted by some foreign experts, from across the world, some of who have left after a consolidation. It is ahead in pedagogy, leveraging on a huge investment in IT, and consistent with international best practice-a thing many public institutions in Nigeria may not imagine.

17. Need we politicize everything using the affiliations of only three graduands?