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Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by NgeneUkwenu(f): 6:29pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
The Zimbabwe National Students Union has demanded the withdrawal of a PhD awarded last month to the wife of President Robert Mugabe, arguing that it is not credible. First lady Grace Mugabe stands accused of having registered at the University of Zimbabwe in July this year and completing her PhD thesis last month, in a record two months. Robert Mugabe is chancellor of the university, and awarded the doctorate in sociology to his wife at a graduation ceremony on 12 September. Grace Mugabe had not obtained a masters degree. Recently she took over leadership of the women’s wing of her husband’s ruling ZANU-PF party, leading to speculation that she may have her eye on her 90-year-old husband’s job. The controversy over the PhD degree is refusing to die down. The BBC reported that the Zimbabwe National Students Union, or ZINASU, was planning to file a court application asking for details on how the first lady was awarded the degree. The students said her PhD thesis was not available in the university library, as it should be. Students said awarding the qualification negatively affected the reputation of the country’s top higher education institution, locally and internationally. It was an insult to students, the intelligentsia, doctors, professors and lecturers associated with the University of Zimbabwe. “Grace Mugabe’s miracle doctorate signified syncretically the death and burial of academic principles at the once highly regarded university,” said ZINASU. The union said politically motivated suspensions and expulsions of students, archaic service delivery systems, hyper-expensive fees and the perversion of academic freedoms, along with Grace Mugabe’s “miraculous doctorate”, fulfilled a prediction by the university’s late vice-chancellor Walter Joseph Kamba that academic standards would be devastated by political meddling. Graduates from the university would be stereotyped according to Grace Mugabe’s academic stamina, ZINASU said, which was the worst thing that could happen to students who had worked hard and honestly to acquire a degree from the institution. They called on all those involved in awarding the PhD, including the vice-chancellor, Levi Nyagura, to resign with immediate effect. Zimbabwean academic Ricky Mukonza agreed that the first lady’s PhD was not good for the University of Zimbabwe or the Mugabe family. It tarnished the university’s image and eroded the idea of an institution driven by the pursuit for academic excellence. http://www.punchng.com/education/angry-students-demand-withdrawal-of-first-ladys-phd/ 3 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by NgeneUkwenu(f): 6:31pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
so when are Nigerian Students demanding the withdrawal of that of jonathan?? ![]() ![]() The students said her PhD thesis was not available in the university library, as it should be. 10 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by focus7: 6:34pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
If this is Nigeria the US and SA press will make it a headline. 3 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 6:39pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
NgeneUkwenu:You are an imbecille i swear,wen will u get tired of pretending to b a female,you'v sold your soul for coins,what has jonathan got to do with dis nw? 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by abuchilag: 6:40pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
NgeneUkwenu: must u bring president Jonathan into every issue? Stop being childish. Goodluck Jonathan was an accomplished lecturer and earned his doctorate degree within the four walls of university and not in Aso rock. Be guided! 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by NgeneUkwenu(f): 6:45pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
abuchilag: Have you seen his thesis anyway? 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 6:46pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
hook: be magnified oh lord, you are highly exaulted...... |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 6:55pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
I keep asking this question and have yet to get any answer. The president is said to be a lecturer with a PhD, my question is; what publications does he have to his credit in Zoology or any field for that matter?? Did he deliver any lectures at any conference when he was a lecturer?? What is the title of his thesis and what publication has been made out of the work?? I have tried google severally but can't find any scholarly articles to the president's credit!! Something is definitely wrong somewhere. 7 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by braine(m): 6:59pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka: I asked the same questions. 4 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 7:07pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
abuchilag:Please can you refer us to one of his works as an accomplished lecturer and a PhD holder?? Just a single publication in a recognised academic journal is all we ask for. Just a link would do. 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by PresidentAde(m): 7:18pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
fabiano09: , ...Alaye Must U defend Jonathan like Ur life Depend on that name ?? ... .... If the Guy/girl is wrong..Kindly correct him/her... ... Don't U feel ashamed insulting people ? .... ...If u have any Pending issue with the guy/girl why don't U settle it without throwing insults.... .... ... We are brother/Sisters So I hope u take my advice.... .... ..She has the Wright to mention Jonathan's Name anyhow and anywhere !!!.... ... .. . .. ... . Don't Yhu know some people see Jonathan every night in their dream ...... |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Mention(m): 7:19pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
I would be back |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Ngwakwe: 7:21pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
NgeneUkwenu: Sometimes your ignorance oozes so much pungent smell ready to kill Wasn't Goodluck Jonathan lecturing in the University before acquiring the PhD? Do you know his academic records and breakthrough before he became the President? Bloody Arts Student 3 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 7:23pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka:I begin to wonder when Jonathan became a Teacher in Uniport. He was a director in OMPADEC before his elevation to Deputy Gov. He has no Thesis to his name nor any Academic Article in a Newspaper or even a blog. I am yet to meet his former Students nor professional colleagues in the University he claimed to teach. That man qualification get K-leg 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 7:25pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
barcanista:And some people don't want us to ask questions because "he's the president". Mscheew. 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by jmaine: 7:26pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
Another useless thread meant for the APC maggots to feast to no where . . . . . 3 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 7:30pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
Ngwakwe:Oga stop spamming the forum with these idiotic prattles of yours. The president had "academic records and breakthroughs", refer the house to them. Is that too much to ask?? My lecturers have countless number of publications in reputable journals easily accessible by anyone with access to the internet. Where are your president's publications?? If you can't provide a link to them just fvcking shut your brown eye. 8 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 7:31pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
NgeneUkwenu:you're fùcked |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 7:39pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
jmaine:Bro this isn't about APC or PDP, it is about the president and his purported qualifications. He was a lecturer, granted, he has a PhD, granted. Where are his publications?? There is just no way in the world that a LECTURER WITH A PhD wouldn't have some publications to his credit. He must have published the works of some of his project students and most definitely his master's thesis, for that is how you climb up the ladder in the academia lest you get stuck in the same spot till thy kingdom come. Where are the president's publications ![]() 6 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 7:42pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka:so much fraud by jonathan 4 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by anonimi: 7:47pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
barcanista: Is it in your CLUELESS world that academic articles are published in newspapers ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by jmaine: 7:48pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka: There are lecturers actively lecturing here in Unilag without a single publication to their name so it is absolutely possible 3 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by jmaine: 7:52pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
anonimi: Damn !! am just seeing that ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 7:53pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
anonimi:You sure have comprehension difficulty. You are becoming emotionally senile... barcanista:if you still interpret this post with your acute da*ftness, then you deserve to sue whoever taught you English language in all your schooling years. 5 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 8:00pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
barcanista:Take a trip to the department of Zoology University of Port Harcourt and ask for his thesis. Nairaland isn't the library of the department. 4 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 8:04pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
jmaine:Look at the highlighted point and you would understand what I'm talking about. Trust me, it is not possible for a Lecturer with a PhD not to have AT LEAST a SINGLE publication. Or are you trying to tell me the president NEVER published an article during his stay in the academia?? This is some serious issue that musnt be treated with levity. It is high time we started asking some of these sensitive questions. 2 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by UnknownT: 8:17pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka:Have you gone to Zoology dept, Uniport to ask for his thesis? If you are forming an investigative journalist, what stops you from going down to the school? Is that how saharareporters investigate? 6 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by jmaine: 8:25pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
omenka: I saw the highlighted when I replied you . . .Yes, I can confidently tell you I know a doctor who doesn't have one publication despite having a very voluminous thesis. He is currently been encouraged to do something ASAP unless he wants his juniors to leap frog him in the dept. hierarchy since Journals are a requisite for promotion . . . . So don't assume certain conditions to be absolute in all cases. Exceptions do occur . . . . P:S ==> Even the late DR Hansel of Maths dept. was a known rebel who refused to publish a work if that was the only thing that will guarantee his promotion. Despite his impeccable computer wizardry and great statistical skills, dude passed without getting even promoted to Lecturer 1 . . . 1 Like |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by MichaelSokoto(m): 8:31pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 8:32pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
UnknownT:What I ask for are HIS PUBLICATIONS not thesis. Doesn't our dear president with a PhD, who worked some years as a university lecturer, have any publication to his credit ![]() I'm sure most of you viewing this thread and trying to cover the president have googled all you can to find some tangible stuff but came out empty handed. How could we have made a man who was a lecturer with a PhD who couldn't publish a single article in a reputable journal (mark of total failure) the president of a great country like Nigeria and to add insult to injury, work towards his retention in office?? 2 Likes |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by Nobody: 8:41pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
NgeneUkwenu:The fact that Jonathan does not get it right does not mean his PhD is questionable. You people should learn to think before posting here. 1 Like |
Re: Angry Zimbabwean Students Demand Withdrawal Of First Lady’s Phd by omenka(m): 8:43pm On Oct 07, 2014 |
jmaine:Are we now saying the president (possibly)NEVER PUBLISHED ANY ARTICLE when he was in the academia?? |
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