Wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference, The PUNCH has learnt.

This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, entered its third month.

According to a letter by the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, the programme is scheduled to hold from 18 to 23 July 2022, in Istanbul.

The letter which was dated May 5, 2022, and sighted by our correspondent, was signed by the Committee’s Secretary-General, Yakubu Ochefu.

Ochefu noted that each of the VC wives would pay a sum of N1.5m as course form to attend the programme.

The letter addressed to vice chancellors was titled, ‘Invitation to the Istanbul 5-Day Leadership & Management Masterclass, Fellowship Induction for Spouses of Vice Chancellors, Women in Academics and Higher Education Leadership’.

It partly read, “We understand the vital role spouses play in supporting Vice Chancellors as they execute their day- to day administration of universities. It is therefore imperative, that capacity building exercises be put in place for the Women in Academics and spouses of Vice Chancellors in Nigerian Universities.


“In this regard, the Committee’s Secretariat, In Partnership with Win Institute for Gender Studies, Nigeria in collaboration with her Turkey-based learning partner, Istanbul Egitimler, have put together a 5-day Leadership & Management Masterclass, and Fellowship Induction for spouses of Vice Chancellors, women academics and higher education leadership in Africa.”

Similarly, the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities Spouses is set to hold a two-day conference at the Tayo Aderinokun Memorial Hall at the University of Lagos.

The conference slated for May 9, 2022, has UNILAG VC, Prof O.T. Ogundipe, and his wife as hosts while former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Dr Ibukun Awosika, is pencilled as one of the speakers.

ASUU had on February 14 embarked on industrial action.

The union led by Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said it made the decision for the Federal Government and its agencies to meet the lingering demands of the union.

The National Association of Nigerian Students has since threatened fire and brimstone, censuring the Federal Government for abandoning students of public universities but politicians including current ministers have shunned the striking lecturers and protesting students.

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; as well as Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; both of the ruling All Progressives Congress recently picked up the party’s N100m presidential nomination and expression of interest forms each while lecture rooms remained shut for about three months this year.

Students of public universities had also been at home for nine straight months in 2020 when ASUU and the Federal Government had a face-off over unpaid areas, choice of payment platforms, amongst other contentious issues

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So unfortunate where we find ourselves as Nigerian masses.

The sooner we privatise education and only pay grants and sponsorship to only deserving students the better


Civil servants and Politicians are the same, sucking the ordinary masses is all they do

Multiple salaries by lecturers, Jumbo allowance by Politicians, estacode and travel allowance for useless conferences and workshops



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Misplaced priority. Well, my vc is a woman, who will go to turkey between her and the husband? Is the husband going to turkey as the wife of vc?

Nigeria is under a terrible curse...... Nothing else to say.

No work no pay is not hitting them

Was it not in Nigeria Governor’s wife travelled to dubai to celebrated Aisha birthday...

This ridiculous thing that the politician started has crept into the universities.

Bia, what if the Vice Chancellor is polygamous?

Oh I get, the first lady will go for the event.

They are on Turkey trips while the students Chicken out.. Naija na sweet cruise

Ok


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MikeBetty:
Misplaced priority. Well, my vc is a woman, who will go to turkey between her and the husband? Is the husband going to turkey as the wife of vc?

Mtcheew.

Warlord12:
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https://punchng.com/vice-chancellors-wives-plan-turkey-trip-amid-ASUU-strike/?amp

Na here wey school end. I was talking with a vice chancellor of a university and I can tell you they are not worried at all. They have plenty other things that gives them more money and have rich kids abroad that can support them for years.

They love it that the strike is on.

Like he has a big farm were he tends to his birds and pineapple farm and he loves to stroll around the big farm daily.

All diz lecturers and politicians are the same abi no be dem dey rig the stupid and clueless Govt we have in...


so dey ar all fighting for dere pocket...

Cheap
So because ASUU is on strike, wives of VCs should be relegated to their homes. Even some university lecturers themselves ain't in the country.
Even if they were to be traveling for social functions, it is still their lives, Moreso they are traveling for an academic conference.
As far as the VCs are not using the university funds to bankroll them, the university first ladies should cruise on...

Can't they invite the facilitators to come and give them the masterclass here in Nigeria and save more than half of the funds?
Na WA oooo

Thieves just as corrupt as the politicians they're at war with.

This is what I have been saying, both the government and this ASSUU people is punishing the students for nothing. Going on strike is old fashioned, there are order ways around it ,since u know that no fulani president can ever prioritise Education above cow rearing..

And una think say this country fit better again??

What do we expect? The professor wife's.

This country na cruise..
Apc government is evil..
What has tinubu slave got to say about this?

Nigerians go dey rant online with no offline action. Continue.

Mooh247:




The sooner we privatise education and only pay grants and sponsorship to only deserving students the better


Civil servants and Politicians are the same, sucking the ordinary masses is all they do

Multiple salaries by lecturers, Jumbo allowance by Politicians, estacode and travel allowance for useless conferences and workshops



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I tell you for free that ASUU leadership is part of the problem in the country. As long as they get paid for sitting at home they don't care about the plight of the students whose number of active years are being wasted. And to think that their members will be electoral officers who would partake in rigging and all sorts even annoys me the more.

Bodmum:
ngige is a Terrorist

How does it relate to the post ?

The major cause of Nigeria's underdevelopment and stagnancy as a nation it's not lack of competent hands or capacity it's is GREED.

The GREED in the South Eastern part of Nigeria is more heightened than in any other part of Nigeria, I pity the region!

Lecturers are suffering, those people need help- the job has nothing to offer except the ego and big name it comes with- especially the ones in the Federal Government Institutions. Where selling of handouts and text book is prohibited!

My brother has a 12 years work experience with a PhD working as a lecturer and his take is N171,000.

From this money he is expected to
1. Take care of his family and his 2 kids considering the high rise in inflation

2. Publish articles or perish in reputable journals that they charge in $$$

3. Be a man

4. Teach undergraduate and post graduate students and mark their scripts in most classes the minimum amount of student is 250

5. His car is always breaking down lol.

6. Most professors earn less than N400k

Imagine somebody way don starve for about 20 years to be professor, play politics, lick people's butt holes and the rest come be VC you expect them make them no loot generational wealth and flex their wife.

Being a Nigerian police is way more lucrative than being a lecturer in Nigeria, in my opinion!

The legitimate ones they SUFFER