Dear Nigeria, can we leave our universities public or make them public/private? Political changes have compelled our Nigerian politicians to be ardent supporters of privatization. We were slow to the party, but at least we are catching up. Then suddenly, we started reversing the trend before it reached the universities. There was no appetite anymore for privatizing public institutions. Apparently, the appetite is back; this time, our ivory towers' heads are on the guillotine. It was just a matter of time. It is a well-established belief that in the private sector, the customer is king. At the core of its profit-making venture, private entities have great efficiency and better customer service guarantee. In contrast, public institutions are more often than not bogged down by political imperatives, inefficiency, and intermittent strikes. In a fast-paced world where decisions are made, and goals are accomplished in record time, can we afford to be unnecessarily held bac...