Academics in Nigeria? Say the truth!
Understanding ASUU as the Clog in the Wheel of Progress.

This piece about academics in Nigeria may offend the arrogance of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if ASUU is repressive or it will excite ASUU’s patriotism to bootstrap the Nigerian Academics to his pride of place in the global league of universal institutions called universities.

I write this piece to expose, as an insider, the realities of Academics in Nigeria towards rescuing the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) from the asphyxiation of ASUU and redirect ASUU to the path of patriotism.

The truth is that like Saul who later became Paul, ASUU has ignorantly become the enemy of the Nigerian State. Why and How? You may ask! Permit me begin with the answer to “the why”. ASUU pride herself as being the most educated, knowledgeable and intelligent set of Nigerians. This, obviously, is not true. I assert that education is not certification, knowledge is not qualification and intelligence is natural, it is not grammar. Even the grammar, we do not write or speak it better than others.

ASUU should be humble enough to accept that we are not paid for certificates acquired, but we are paid to do our job of teaching, impactful research and community services within and outside the university with utmost professionalism and integrity and without fear or favour. If we say the truth, every Nigerian graduate has one or more lecturers that taught him/her that he/she wondered, and is still wondering, how the lecturer got thus far, even to the peak. I mean Professors! Maybe I am one of those lecturers, but it is high time we said the truth. Besides, many of the excellent students could not come into academics because we are guilty of what we accuse FGN – nepotism and tribalism!

ASUU may say they are not responsible for promotion or employment in any university. Who then does? ASUU members of course! Vice Chancellors, Deans, Heads of Departments and Professors are not military officers, APC or PDP members but ASUU members. ASUU is only interested in collecting dues with no mechanism in place to maintain the integrity and progression of Academics in Nigeria. It is important Nigerians know that FGN does not interfere in the appointment and promotion of Academic staff in any university. ASUU should drop this pride and let us move Nigeria forward.

The second reason why ASUU ignorantly persecutes Nigerians is that they are lost in ecstasy against the Nigerian state. They have abdicated their role of clamouring for members’ welfare and have constituted themselves into a quasi-political party and self-made opposition to any government in power. Most Nigerians who are either polygamous or from polygamous home, will agree that the wife that antagonises her husband the most, get the least from her husband no matter how good or rich the man is.

Permanent Secretaries or Judges earn more than a Professor they will tell us and get us drunk with the wine of pride, adducing these categories of workers enjoy what they enjoy because they are puppets to politicians or government in power; and that ASUU will not falter its integrity and will remain the voice of the downtrodden.

Enough of this hypocrisy! At least in recent times, ASUU decides who rules this country and it is only when there are disputes, the judiciary arbitrate. When many staunch ASUU supporters discuss how they went about conniving with politicians of varying political parties to get them or their cronies installed in power, you will weep for this country.

Politicians in Nigeria, particularly, in recent times will sincerely accept in their heart of hearts that Lecturers have lost the integrity or love they profess they have for Nigerians as against the politicians or other public office holders. Is it not some of us that connive with some students to have unmerited qualifications they use to occupy these public offices? Why accuse who your members aided to power of incompetence or misrule? ASUU is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

ASUU like most trade unions should concentrate their energy on their members’ welfare – they should always come out straight with their welfare demands instead of their holier and richer than thou posture. We should be humble to say the truth, our salary is not enough not because we are better than other Nigerian workers or earn less but because of the nature of our job – even if we have all the comforts and tools to do research, we spend a fortune to get them published.

On the average, a Lecturer will require thirty to forty publications with about 1/3rd of them published with foreign currency, to be a Professor. To say the truth, a dedicated Lecturer with high integrity, which most of us are, is poor. With sustained support for any government in power, in our capacity as academics, the cooperation of other trade unions, and logical persuasions, we will get something from the government. Something is better than nothing! Do not judge us based on our packaging. We are suffering but smiling! Instead of ASUU to consistently market this truth, they have worsened the poverty of Nigerian academics by avoiding it; claiming that the Nigerian Universities are poorly equipped and citing autonomy and other smoky issues.

For the smoky issues, I will show later that ASUU is the problem and they know too. Nigerian Students! Poor salary is our problem and the genuine cause of our anger and persistent strike; not any acclaimed love for you. If we love you as claimed, why do we suspend most strikes after financial settlement from FGN. Some University Academics extort students financially and sexually and yet we claim we love the students and that we are fighting their course. What has ASUU done as a union to protect innocent students from this oppression. Absolutely Nothing! What a hypocrisy!!

Still on ASUU’s “Nollywood” love for Nigerians, is it in the interest of Nigerians, that ASUU proposed and accepted 70years retirement age for the professorial cadre? NO! It was because the Judges were given 70years. Even after 70years, some ASUU members still want to stay on contract in FGN payroll while they receive gratuity and pension. The youths have no job, the old do not want to retire and yet they claim they love Nigerians.

ASUU should explain to Nigerians why a Lecturer that became an Associate Professor at the verge of 65years should be given extra five years in service. Somebody should help me tell ASUU that it is even in our culture as Africans to have the most elderly ones among us settle our disputes. Besides, rules and discretion are two desiderata deployed in legal practice. Discretion made law an axe that requires the very experienced because of the possible intrigues of lawyers. I assert that no other human task can be as an axe as law. Greed blinded ASUU, they forgot we have other legal means of income as Part-time teaching, external examination and assessment, an Adjunct lecturer position in another University, royalties, market for our books as in most tertiary institutions, opportunity for political office outside our place of work while in service which the Judges may not have.

Legally, Judges are not allowed to romance with any political party or its members. We all saw what happened recently with one of our finest Judges in the court of Appeal because her husband has affiliation with a political party. She had to withdraw from a case in the interest of the country. Before you call me APC puppet, I did not vote for APC in both the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, but I wholeheartedly accepted the position of the majority and the wisdom of the Judiciary. Before I digress, this singular act of envy by ASUU that claim to “love” Nigerians has contributed greatly to youth unemployment in civil service as other union began to also request for additional five years in service.

Why Nigerian civil servants were on strike for addition of five years to their retirement age, a European nation with longer life-expectancy and lower youth unemployment went on strike to reverse their retirement age that was increased by a year. I have so far exposed my conviction on why ASUU has become an enemy of the Nigerian state. The reasons are pride, greed, and lack of instrument to enforce integrity and professionalism among its members.

This lack of instrument may draw pity to ASUU as a crippled toothless tiger before its members. ASUU however relies on two unholy but potent instruments of control – propaganda and intimidation, to satisfy its pride and greed. ASUU coarse its members and their families with fear – fear of career progression and academic opportunities irrespective of their capabilities. The truth is that majority of the Lecturers in Nigerian Universities are sick and tired of the incessant strike by ASUU and the lack of innovative means of engaging government; as evident by the about 55% of its members who stood with the FGN on the deployment of IPPIS despite ASUU’s intimidation.

Some notable Professors or politically aspiring Lecturers had to hide to register with IPPIS to evade the fury of ASUU. ASUU cannot love us more than us! The UNIBEN branch of ASUU robbed me and others that subscribed to IPPIS of our Christmas rice which we contributed towards and threatened us with queries; but I trashed mine. I was insulted and promised that ASUU will work against me if I should contest or vie for position in any University. Do not fear for me! I have never and will never fear any cult. The finality of man is death and death by truth is holy and paradise assured.

If ASUU is truly democratic, they are supposed to bow to the voice of the majority. The truth on the IPPIS issue is, you may not like Buhari or the APC lead FGN, IPPIS is a holy ICT innovation capable of effectively preventing corruption, without a fight, on our national payroll. Globally, preventive means of checking corruption is cheaper and greener than the curative means of fighting corruption. No doubt, as with all ICT innovations and deployments, there are bound to be teething problems which do wear away with time. IPPIS provides the long-awaited opportunity for ASUU to exercise their academic autonomy and bootstrap Nigerian Universities to its pride of place. I wish to let Nigerians know that all ASUU is saying about IPPIS is pure propaganda against FGN.

I challenge ASUU to an open debate on IPPIS. Let us examine the smoky issues of funding, infrastructural decay and autonomy that ASUU has consistently used to blackmail FGN and woo the sympathy of Nigerians. It is important to note that the National University Commission (NUC) is an instrument of FGN to ensure Nigerian Universities meet up with global standards. NUC is doing an excellent job to guarantee high standard university education for Nigerians and foreigners alike.

The resource verification and the regular accreditation instruments and implementation procedures are second to none in the globe. I affirm that NUC make use of ASUU members to perform virtually all their task of maintaining standards in the Nigerian Universities. Oh! I may be accused of NUC sponsorship. My apologies, NUC.

I pity FGN, ASUU will recommend to FGN through NUC that all is well and, in most cases, excellent and the same ASUU is fighting FGN through the Presidency and Labour ministry that everything is in total collapse. Who then is the problem, FGN or ASUU? Have we heard ASUU complained to NUC about resource verification or accreditation instruments or exercises? No! Does NUC (FGN) report and enforce ASUU’s findings and recommendations on which university or its programme should be sustained? Yes! Who made strike part of our university calendar? ASUU! Who prepares the university for accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who are the phoney resource persons particularly in private universities? ASUU! Who does accreditation or resource verification? ASUU! Who affirms that our universities and its programmes are particularly in good form? ASUU! Who awards the degrees? ASUU! Who is saying our university system is dilapidated and substandard? ASUU! My Nigerian universities, your midwife has become your murderer, prosecutor, advocate and judge. ASUU why? Who therefore is the clog in the wheel of progress of Academics in Nigeria?

The Way Forward:

(i) ASUU should apologise to FGN and Nigerians for negligence, misdirection, and disruption of university calendar at least in the last two to three decades; and put a final stop to the incessant strikes in the public universities in Nigeria.

(ii) ASUU should accept that other public or civil servants are equally important.

(iii) ASUU should come out straight with their unique welfare nature; with respect for constituted authorities as enshrined in our holy books.

(iv) ASUU should henceforth, “call a spade, a spade” and do their job with fairness, professionalism and integrity without any fear or favour.

(v) ASUU should device ethical means of enforcing professionalism, integrity and standards in Nigerian Academics commensurate with global norm. It is hoped that this divine ambush on ASUU on his way to “Damascus” will redirect ASUU’s focus from its misplaced intention to a genuine course of Nation building and promotion of Academics in Nigeria. This piece is my opinion and not that of my university or professional bodies. Thank you.

Prof. Godspower Ekuobase, PhD, MCPN. Professor of Services Computing Department of Computer Science University of Benin, Benin City Edo State, Nigeria Email: godspower.ekuobase@uniben.edu Tel.: +234(0) 8064951845
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Watch how the Centaurs, Cyclopes and Medusas would come for this new age Perseus.

May the powers be with you Prof.

If you did not read , don't comment.

Prof:

I assert that education is not certification, knowledge is not qualification and intelligence is natural, it is not grammar. Even the grammar, we do not write or speak it better than others.

Prof:

ASUU pride herself as being the most educated, knowledgeable and intelligent set of Nigerians. This, obviously, is not true

Prof:

ASUU is only interested in collecting dues with no mechanism in place to maintain the integrity and progression of Academics in Nigeria.

Prof :

If ASUU is truly democratic, they are supposed to bow to the voice of the majority. The truth on the IPPIS issue is, you may not like Buhari or the APC lead FGN, IPPIS is a holy ICT innovation capable of effectively preventing corruption, without a fight, on our national payroll. Globally, preventive means of checking corruption is cheaper and greener than the curative means of fighting corruption.

Too much sense in one write up. Too much sense will not kill this prof.

Brilliant piece! ASUU simply submit your BVN if you have no skeleton to hid because you have used the same in other documents for record purpose.

This FG is right on this because many ASUU members & consultants in teaching hospital are involved in multiplicity of jobs thereby clogging up the system & preventing other unemployed people the privilege to be gainfully engaged.This is going to expose them & that is what they dont want.

THIS IS EXACTLY D TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. 4

GOD BLESS U SIR FOR SAYING THE TRUTH.


ASUU is not always transparent and sincere about their unending demands.
Some of their members are part of the Executives , and legislatures ę.g Vice President [Prof Osinbanjo] yet they are unable to solve ASUU problems.
"ASUU itself is a big problem"
They want government to meet their needs @ all cost & yet they find it difficult to meet government demands.
Their only weapon is Strike action, serving as an obstacles to the poor and the masses. Yet they get paid during the period of strike.
The truth is that ASUU problems cannot be solved even if their member becomes the president of this country tomorrow, the problem will still persist.

The only solution is to scrap the problematic ASUU, and if possible a new & transparent union should be formed.

a timely piece. why force other people not to enrol. why deny others the freedom of association

This Professor will eat his words one day. Continue sabotaging your colleagues efforts in bringing standards of education at par with international standards. Even in UK they went on strike twice this year with all the billions their govts pour into the Universities. What ASUU is just asking for the right thing to be done and people who don't know anything about how a University is run are attacking ASUU. Imagine saying that ASUU are in charge of recruitment and promotions. How ignorant, then what is the job of Governing council or NASU. I don't want to join words with unexposed lot, who are still living in the Analogue era.

jesmond3945:
This Professor will eat his words one day. Continue sabotaging your colleagues efforts in bringing standards of education at par with international standards. Even in UK they went on strike twice this year with all the billions their govts pour into the Universities. What ASUU is just asking for the right thing to be done and people who don't know anything about how a University is run are attacking ASUU. Imagine saying that ASUU are in charge of recruitment and promotions. How ignorant, then what is the job of Governing council or NASU. I don't want to join words with unexposed lot, who are still living in the Analogue era.

If you work in a Nigerian University, you must know that many of the points raised in the write up by the Professor are very very true. For example, which Governing council or NASU are you referring to that is in charge of employment. My friend, don't go there, leave that talk. Many of us know what goes on in there. Take the case of when Prof Mrs Alele Williams was appointed as VC of Uniben without input from ASUU. We are witness to how the poor woman efforts to improve the University were resisted by the ASUU. Thank goodness, the woman was up to the task and she fought back resulting in many Lecturers scampering for safety out of the University or were practically thrown out of the Uniben by the VC.
If you say the writer Prof will eat his words one day, let us wait and see whether it will be the Prof or ASUU that will be the first to do that. We parents are getting fed up with ASUU hiding under the guise of fighting for the good of students and being the conscience of the University system. You all know you are lying and your cup is almost getting full and about to overflow spilling the dirt that you had covered up all these years for the few supporters you have left to see.

If not that you stiffle and intimidate your members, if you take an opinion poll, you would be shocked to realise that most of your members are actually not following you. And that they remain members of ASUU out of fear. In fact, many are disgusted by the decisions of ASUU to go on endless strikes which seems to be the only weapon that they could come up with to resolve disputes. The fact that a parallel association for academic staff members has emerged and they came out to tell their members after holding their own meeting to register with the IPPIS system, speaks a lot about the intentions and fate of the union called ASUU.

It's a matter of time and it won't be long.

The University system has many problems aside your salary/money but the only time SSUU come out threatening the government, it is about salary, allowances and arreas. Anything else added is a smoke screen. The Association is all about fighting for their money. Tell us so and stop pretending.
The Prof has enumerated many issues and all you have to say is threaten that he would eat his words one day. He won't.
ASUU, tell your members to use their brains. There are many ways to attray money to your universities and that includes research grants. Explore that angle. ASUU members except very very few are intellectually very lazy, and are not involved in true research. That is why you are hungry and are therefore fighting for the little resources available to the Federal govt.

To solve you financial problems, you resort to fighting the Federal government. And then you extort money from your students height the sale of your substandard "copy and paste' books that you publish which cannot go beyond the gate of you University or the students you teach. If they do not buy your books, they are threatened with failure; you sexually harass your female students with threats that they will never pass your course not graduate unless they succumb to your demand; your curricular is grossly outdated, some of which were drawn over 20 years ago; lecture notes are the ones you were given as a student by your then lecturer and you have not even bothered to update it; you use your student class representative to collect money from students who wish to be unethically upgraded to pass your course after each examination, yet you are part of the cause of their poor academic performance because you hardly appear for lectures; etc etc.

What is ASUU doing about all of these issues. Are they pretending to be unaware? Put your house in order ASUU and let us parents see that you are truly fighting for the good of the University system and our children that are your students. Then we will enter the streets on your behalf. Yes, we will and you won't even need to go on strike because as soon as your greiviances get to us parents, you would see the power and influence parents have on the government. Remember this: we parents are the National Assembly members, Ministers, Governors, Directors Generals, MDs, and CEOs. But right now we can't fight for you. Instead we weep. We weep because we see what you do to our children on whom you are supposed to impact knowledge. We get reports in case you haven't thought about it. We see you through the eyes of our children that we placed in your care. We see you. We see you. And we are not happy with the report before us. That is why your fight will be looong and fruitless. This is a statement of fact and not a curse.
God bless Nigeria!

Clap for the writer. He has done what many wanted to do but didn't have the guts

Zezit:


If you work in a Nigerian University, you must know that many of the points raised in the write up by the Professor are very very true. For example, which Governing council or NASU are you referring to that is in charge of employment. My friend, don't go there, leave that talk. Many of us know what goes on in there. Take the case of when Prof Mrs Alele Williams was appointed as VC of Uniben without input from ASUU. We are witness to how the poor woman efforts to improve the University were resisted by the ASUU. Thank goodness, the woman was up to the task and she fought back resulting in many Lecturers scampering for safety out of the University or were practically thrown out of the Uniben by the VC.
If you say the writer Prof will eat his words one day, let us wait and see whether it will be the Prof or ASUU that will be the first to do that. We parents are getting fed up with ASUU hiding under the guise of fighting for the good of students and being the conscience of the University system. You all know you are lying and your cup is almost getting full and about to overflow spilling the dirt that you had covered up all these years for the few supporters you have left to see.
If not that you stiffle and intimidate your members, if you take an opinion poll, you would be shocked to realise that most of your members are actually not following you. And that they remain members of ASUU out of fear. In fact, many are disgusted by the decisions of ASUU to go on endless strikes which seems to be the only weapon that they could come up with to resolve disputes. The fact that a parallel association for academic staff members has emerged and they came out to tell their members after holding their own meeting to register with the IPPIS system, does speak a lot about the intentions of ASUU.

The University system has many problems aside salary/money but the only time they come out threatening the government, it is about salary,
allows ce and areas. Anything else added is a smoke screen. Is the Association about fighting for their money only? Tell us and don't pretend.
The Prof has enumerated many of these issues and all you have to say is threaten that he would eat his words one day.
ASUU, tell your members to use their brains. There are many ways to make money including attracting grants from overseas. Explore that angle. You people are becoming very lazy, and are not involved in true research. That is why you are hungry and are therefore fighting for the little resources available to the Federal govt.
To solve you poor personal income issue, you extort money from your students in the name of "copy and paste' books that you publish which cannot go beyond the gate of you University or the students you teach; you sexually harass your female student with threats that they will never pass your course unless they succumb to your demand; your curricular is grossly outdated, some of which were drawn 20 years ago; lecture notes are the ones you were given as a student by your then lecturer etc etc.

What is ASUU doing about these. Put your house in order ASUU and let us parents see that you are truly fighting for the good of the University system and our children. Then we will enter the streets on your behalf. Yes we will and you won't even need to go on strike because as soon as your greiviances get to us parents, you would see that power and influence parents have on the government. Don't forget that we parents are the National Assembly members, Ministers, Governors, Directors Generals, MDs, and CEOs. But right now, we weep. We see you through the eyes of our children that we placed in your care. We see you. We see you. And we are not happy with the report card before us. That is why your fight will be long. This is a statement of fact and not a curse.
God bless Nigeria!

So you think an individual would be employed in the University system without the approval of SSANU and the Governing council? What concerns ASUU in the employment in the University? ASUU is a just a union of lecturers and the membership is voluntary. Oh she was appointed as VC by the minister of education and ASUU has no business with appointment. I don't know what you mean by poor woman's effort? she is doing her job and probably her high handedness kicked lecturers out which is her loss by the way, when you kick brains out of your institution, you produce half baked students.
You parents should be worried that your kids are half baked and cannot compete with other students globally. How many Universities have free wifi or uninterrupted power supply or are taught by properly trained lecturers? You think University administration is child's play even here in Europe they go on strike even with all the billions of dollars in support. Can your children stand shoulder to shoulder with other students from all over the world?
You have to know the only weapon unions have is strike and it is not peculiar to any country. It is only in Nigeria that parents like you will support the Government against a union that are fighting for the betterment of your children. Go and look at Government budget on education and compare with what is obtainable in developed world and you would weep for your children.
if the Prof is earning a good salary today, he should kill a good goat for ASUU. Go and see what lecturers are paid worldwide. The lecturer would regret. He is not even ashamed he is earning the salary of a cleaner in Rwanda. Go and see what Rwanda pays their professors.
How can you do research without electricity and unlimited data? wow you really surprise me. How can you publish updated books when there is no support anywhere. A lecturer has to think on how to pay rent, he will queue to buy fuel, he will bargain in the market to buy foodstuff, he will pay school fees. Do you know school fees is free in Europe?
Continue enjoying the propaganda from the government, all these politicians you mentioned send their wards to UK while your children attend glorified secondary school.

jesmond3945:

So you think an individual would be employed in the University system without the approval of SSANU and the Governing council? What concerns ASUU in the employment in the University? ASUU is a just a union of lecturers and the membership is voluntary. Oh she was appointed as VC by the minister of education and ASUU has no business with appointment. I don't know what you mean by poor woman's effort? she is doing her job and probably her high handedness kicked lecturers out which is her loss by the way, when you kick brains out of your institution, you produce half baked students.
You parents should be worried that your kids are half baked and cannot compete with other students globally. How many Universities have free wifi or uninterrupted power supply or are taught by properly trained lecturers? You think University administration is child's play even here in Europe they go on strike even with all the billions of dollars in support. Can your children stand shoulder to shoulder with other students from all over the world?
You have to know the only weapon unions have is strike and it is not peculiar to any country. It is only in Nigeria that parents like you will support the Government against a union that are fighting for the betterment of your children. Go and look at Government budget on education and compare with what is obtainable in developed world and you would weep for your children.
if the Prof is earning a good salary today, he should kill a good goat for ASUU. Go and see what lecturers are paid worldwide. The lecturer would regret. He is not even ashamed he is earning the salary of a cleaner in Rwanda. Go and see what Rwanda pays their professors.
How can you do research without electricity and unlimited data? wow you really surprise me. How can you publish updated books when there is no support anywhere. A lecturer has to think on how to pay rent, he will queue to buy fuel, he will bargain in the market to buy foodstuff, he will pay school fees. Do you know school fees is free in Europe?
Continue enjoying the propaganda from the government, all these politicians you mentioned send their wards to UK while your children attend glorified secondary school.

You were most likely one of those troublesome ones who would not give the then Uniben VC, Prof Alele Williams chance to do her job and either were kicked out or ran away when the heat was too much. And NO, your being thrown out was not her loss. The University didnt collapse when your and your likes left, "so nothing spoil".

The Prof who wrote the piece will not regret it. He will not. Sorry that someone is speaking it as it is. You will hear more from people like him. This is the beginning. Another academic staff association has emerged. How about that? Those are lecturers that do not buy the hypocrisy of ASUU.

Stop enumerating the bills lecturers have to pay. Everyone has bills to pay whether you are a lecturer or not. And for most people, it hardly stretches so it is no reason to fight your employer. Go and do that in a private University and then come tell us the story of how you became jobless.

"A lecturer has to think on how to pay rent, he will queue to buy fuel, he will bargain in the market to buy foodstuff, he will pay school fees"
What? Because one is a lecturer, he should be exempted from living expenses? What about the other Nigerians? Including those without jobs, they still have to buy fuel and pay rent. Please!

If I may ask, Why didn't you comment on the quality of service offered by ASUU members? Why didn't you comment on the treatment meted out to students by your people? They don't matter? Does lack of infrastructure make you extort money from students many of whom are indigent and can barely feed themselves while in school? Does lack of infrastructure make you want to sleep with your student? Or sell outdated materials to them? Common!!!
Why is it always about ASUU? and how their counterparts are paid elsewhere.

ASUU put your house in order, else you would shout yourself hoarse. All the problems you enumerated, are they peculiar to lecturers? Are they not common to all employees of the Nigerian government? How often do the others go on endless strike? Are there not graduates with higher degree among them too? You want to be treated like sacred cows because you are a teacher? Meanwhile you offer poor service.

Even within the University system, a non-teaching grade Level 11 staff earns far less than a teaching grade Level 11. This is as a result of their agitations over the years, yet they continue to throw tantrums at every opportunity because they are never satisfied.

This is Nigeria. Don't compare. It's like the case of a particular child of an indigent father of five children always comparing the quality of food at home with that of their wealthy neighbour. Ungrateful child. He might as well move over to the rich neighbor's house. Remember the saying:
"Comparison is the thief of all joy, and there ........". Everyone is unique. So is every country.

Lecturers have never earned this good in Nigeria, yet their association is like Oliver Twist while majority provide poor service and blame government for it. If the University were to be your personal business, would you do that to your students? Take it or leave it. You were not forced to apply for the job. If the kitchen is too hot, you might as well get out. Many unemployed are waiting to take over and give better services.

Move over if you don't want to work

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Zezit:


You were most likely one of those troublesome ones who would not give the then Uniben VC, Prof Alele Williams chance to do her job and either were kicked out or ran away when the heat was too much. And NO, your being thrown out was not her loss. The University didnt collapse when your and your likes left, "so nothing spoil".

The Prof who wrote the piece will not regret it. He will not. Sorry that someone is speaking it as it is. You will hear more from people like him. This is the beginning. Another academic staff association has emerged. How about that? Those are lecturers that do not buy the hypocrisy of ASUU.

Stop enumerating the bills lecturers have to pay. Everyone has bills to pay whether you are a lecturer or not. And for most people, it hardly stretches so it is no reason to fight your employer. Go and do that in a private University and then come tell us the story of how you became jobless.

"A lecturer has to think on how to pay rent, he will queue to buy fuel, he will bargain in the market to buy foodstuff, he will pay school fees"
What? Because one is a lecturer, he should be exempted from living expenses? What about the other Nigerians? Including those without jobs, they still have to buy fuel and pay rent. Please!

If I may ask, Why didn't you comment on the quality of service offered by ASUU members? Why didn't you comment on the treatment meted out to students by your people? They don't matter? Does lack of infrastructure make you extort money from students many of whom are indigent and can barely feed themselves while in school? Does lack of infrastructure make you want to sleep with your student? Or sell outdated materials to them? Common!!!
Why is it always about ASUU? and how their counterparts are paid elsewhere.

ASUU put your house in order, else you would shout yourself hoarse. All the problems you enumerated, are they peculiar to lecturers? Are they not common to all employees of the Nigerian government? How often do the others go on endless strike? Are there not graduates with higher degree among them too? You want to be treated like sacred cows because you are a teacher? Meanwhile you offer poor service.

Even within the University system, a non-teaching grade Level 11 staff earns far less than a teaching grade Level 11. This is as a result of their agitations over the years, yet they continue to throw tantrums at every opportunity because they are never satisfied.

This is Nigeria. Don't compare. It's like the case of a particular child of an indigent father of five children always comparing the quality of food at home with that of their wealthy neighbour. Ungrateful child. He might as well move over to the rich neighbor's house. Remember the saying:
"Comparison is the thief of all joy, and there ........". Everyone is unique. So is every country.

Lecturers have never earned this good in Nigeria, yet their association is like Oliver Twist while majority provide poor service and blame government for it. If the University were to be your personal business, would you do that to your students? Take it or leave it. You were not forced to apply for the job. If the kitchen is too hot, you might as well get out. Many unemployed are waiting to take over and give better services.

Move over if you don't want to work

You mean UNIBEN riddled with cultism and below par teaching and learning? Why do we deceive ourselves in Nigeria that things are alright when they are not. Okay your kids that attend UNIBEN are they receiving lecture while on lockdown or not? Is this not what ASUU is telling govt to provide e-learning infrastructure so that your kids can learn at home while observing social distancing.

The Prof is suffering from Stockholm syndrome and he should be ashamed of himself. What would make buhari send his kids to UK rather than to the Professor? because he sees them as incompetent. Let him continue to collect his IPPIS peanut.

A lecturer has bills to pay and also you expect him to churn out highly quality publication, how is that possible? Go to our institutions of higher learning, one lecturer will teach and mark 500 students. Is he a machine or what?. You want him to work like a donkey and earn like an ant, is that not wickedness?

The issue of extortion is highly complicated and not done the way you think. These students beg and kneel down with money to bribe lecturers. Even the ladies harass the lecturers sexually just to get pass mark. Meanwhile the issue of bribery and sexual harassment is a societal malady and is not peculiar to only lecturers. We have both good and bad lecturers. You cannot throw the baby and the bathwater at the same time.

if lecturers are paid commiserate with what is obtainable globally, I don't think they would stoop so low to collect bribe from students and also if the female folks will study hard, stop dressing indecently and reporting any randy lecturer, the issue of sex for marks will be a thing of the past. By the way most of you in the offices sleep with these girls daily and we know.

ASUU just want govt to invest more in education and improve the welfare in the University system. Look at how messed up the young people are because of the kind of educational system we have, are you not ashamed about it? Glorified secondary school. Go to their hall of residence, I won't even train my goats there, they would die of natural death. I am sure wards are not living in school hostels, you would curse the govt if that were the case.

A non teaching staff should earn less. All over the world administrative staff earn far less than technical staff, it is not peculiar to the university alone. if there are any exceptions, you are free to tell me.

So you enjoy mediocrity so much? then why are they calling us third world even in 2020? why can't we work hard and aspire to be in the first world just like china and malaysia. Your kid would be highly disappointed in this kind of parent you are. Comparison is in order so that we know were can improve as a nation.

Which lecturer earning good salary in Nigeria? go and ask your lecturer friends what they earn and stop listening to beer parlour gist.

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