Something very stupid happened recently that I am still trying to understand. So I had a friend that recently finished his Masters from a very reputable federal university in S/West Nigeria. He was among the top 3 in his department in the Masters program. He was working towards getting a lecturing assistant job in the school. Several Msc graduates in his set applied for the post and he was the most qualified based on his masters results among the people that wanted to become lecturers. Then something strange happened, he received a call yesterday from the department, they asked him what he got in his 1st degree he said 2-2, then they said they can only employ 2-1 1st degree people. Note that, he had his 1st degree in a sub-standard university in the s/east, and at that time he was not very serious and was heavily distracted. What is annoying me is that the lecturers know very well that he understands the courses better than the people with 2-1 but they still ignored him. I am really sad for him right now.

That is their policy. One of the things I learnt of late is that your 1st degree is very key.