Dr. Nuhu Yaqub, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence and professor in the Political Science Department, will present a paper on the interconnection between Nigerian values, education, and government. Per Dr. Yaqub, his lecture summary is as follows: The lecture intends to look at the contradiction between the stated objective of Nigerian education to nurture in the citizenry skills for national advancement, the acquisition of values of patriotism, diligence, as well as honesty, and the patent and blatant erosion of such values in the governance system of the country. In other words, the Nigerian educational system may be producing people with skills and management acumen, but it is certainly not producing enough people who have imbibed the correct values that could ensure good governance; the right people who are also freed from venality and corrupt practices. These negative aspects of the country's national life have seriously constrained her rapid and progressive development, in spite of her enormous endowments. The main objective of the paper, therefore, would be to identify the factors that are responsible for the ugly and unintended outcomes of the educational system and address them. It is the position of the paper that education is crucially important and that the proper management of the educational system in any clime, which also achieves good results, is often the single most important factor in the difference between such a society and the one that is unable to institute an efficient system. It will also be the objective of the paper to draw attention to the need to ensure that the intrinsic as well as extrinsic essence of the educational system dovetails intricately with the governance system in the country for her benefit and the benefit of the citizens.