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Sunday 2 November 2014
Miss UNILAG 2014: "In Nigeria, Knowledge Is Not Respected" ...UI Prof. Enters 'Brain Vs Beauty' Debate
The 'Brain Vs Beauty' controversy has
continued. A Prof. of Peace and Conflict
Studies at the UI, Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert,
has added his voice, saying knowledge is not
respected in the country.
The "Brain Vs Beauty" debate which followed the
Miss UNILAG 2014 beauty pageant has been
reopened by a Professor of Peace and Conflict
Studies at the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof.
Isaac Olawale Albert.
In a video posted on the Saharatv YouTube
channel » , Prof. Albert queried the logic behind
rewarding winners of beauty pageants with a car
while the winner of an intellectual contest
received only a laptop and N100 cash.
Prof. Albert faulted the Nigerian system which
does not reward intellectual achievement.
"In Nigeria, knowledge is not respected. I won all
my awards outside Nigeria. Nigeria has never
given me a pencil, he said.
He also questioned the University of Lagos
(UNILAG) for what he described as the promotion
of beauty above scholarship.
"Is University of Lagos established to promote
beauty or to promote scholarship?" Prof. Albert
asked.
The 'Brain Vs Beauty' drama started on the 26th
of September, after Miss Damilare Babajide
Uche, a 400 level student of Law at the
University of Lagos (UNILAG), emerged winner
of the Miss UNILAG 2014 Pageant » .
She was awarded a brand new Toyota Matrix and
a nice sum as monthly maintenance salary.
A Sahara Reporters (SR) started the 'Brain Vs
Beauty' debate following Damilare's victory » ,
comparing the "so-called beauty queen" prize to
that of 18-year-old Zainab Olaitan, winner of a
"rigorous academic competition."
In a swift reaction, the organisers of the pageant,
Sulcata Entertainment, faulted several claims
made in the SR report, which the company's CEO,
Oraka Nnanyelu Nvy, called "a conscious
attempt directed towards tarnishing and
frustrating the efforts » of the Entertainment
company."
Despite the response, the SR report, continued to
cause ripples, like Prof. Albert's recent lecture.
Quoting a statement allegedly made by female
activist, Joe Odumakin, Prof. Albert criticised an
'unfortunate' trend which he said is being copied
from the United States.
"Brains don't sell any longer. This is a serious
problem with the people of this world," he said.
"The Kardashias, Cyrusses, OJ Simpsons, Rihannas
etc are the celebrities in the US. The world is
quickly adopting that from the US without
thinking for a second.
"What an unfortunate world.
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