Founder’s Documents Speak: Missionary Servants of the Church Own Tansian University

African proverbs warn against claiming what isn’t yours. Recent attempts to convert Tansian University into a private enterprise ignore the founder’s clear declarations. In his 2017 autobiography and in his Last Will and Testament before his death in 2021, Very Rev. Msgr. Prof. Johnbosco Akam stated unambiguously that the university belongs to the Missionary Servants of the Church. He cited the Federal Government’s Provisional and Operational Licenses from the National Universities Commission and the Tansian University Law of 2007, all of which identify MSC as the proprietor. Even under pressure from church authorities, he insisted that one cannot separate the university from its legally recognised proprietor. These consistent declarations in official records leave no room for doubt. As the legal maxim res ipsa loquitur suggests, the documents speak for themselves in confirming MSC as the rightful owner of Tansian University.

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