Professor of Guidance and Counselling at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Adeyemi Idowu has recommended that the establishment of Counseling and Human Development Centres (CHDC) should be a prerequisite for institutional accreditation of universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Idowu, who is the Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State, said this while delivering the 145th inaugural lecture of UNILORIN, entitled: “Raising the bar: The Counselor’s Mandate”.
He lamented that contrary to a government directive on the establishment of CHDC, several universities, both public and private, have not yielded to the order.
He warned that unless the issue of counselling is adequately addressed, there is the danger that Nigeria will, for a long time, continue to be a nation of unrealised hopes and unfulfilled promises.
Idowu said the refusal of full accreditation should equally be extended to Colleges of Education and Polytechnics that fail to establish the centres, which are meant to assist students in dealing with possible challenges that can affect their behaviour and psychological make-up while in school.
