Outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Isha'q Oloyede, has said that it is wrong for governments in the country to use the volume of money spent on projects as the yardstick for measuring successes of the various administrations.

Speaking with journalists after he delivered the 116th Inaugural Lecture of the university yesterday, titled, "Islam: The Conflux of Disciplines", Prof. Oloyede said such claims get the public disillusioned.

"We should stop measuring successes by money spent. It should be by achievement. In a situation whereby we say we've spent X or Y, the public becomes disillusioned because they are not in a position to know and because they've not travelled all over the country to know you put N1 in Ilorin, N1 in Ibadan and in other places and you say you have spent N1 million, the person in Ilorin who sees only N1 would think you are not telling the truth.

"The fact of the matter is to talk in concrete terms on what we have achieved with the money here and there," he said.

The outgoing vicechancellor, who also identified what he called negative and foreign language of Nigeria's public officers as another problem, said they ascribe almost everything to Mr. President in a bid to satisfy him.

He said the habit could engender mistrust between the government and the people, adding that it should be the Federal Executive Council, federal agencies or the government has decided on something or the other.

"The issue of ascribing everything to Mr. President is what is making the media to also ascribe all negative things to him."

Oloyede said terrorism as it is in the country today, is a strange phenomenon without any religious boundary, adding that it is a negative development that is not based on religion.

He said since the Federal Government and Muslims in the country have said that the ravaging terrorists are not Nigerians, it should therefore be convincing enough that people should stop associating terrorism with Islam or Nigeria.

"Muslims have said that terrorism and those who engage in it are not part of Islam. I don't know why we chose to believe those in the minority and disbelieve the majority and officials of Islam," he said.