University of Ibadan VC, Dean reacts to lecturers relocating abroad
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Adebowale; the Dean, Faculty of Science of the university, Prof. Adekunle Bakare, and some other lecturers have said the relocation of lecturers from Nigerian universities to seek greener pastures abroad is putting the future of universities in jeopardy.
They said despite the mass retirement of experienced and young lecturers, universities could not employ new hands to replace them because of an embargo of government policy.
Prof. Adekunle said this on Monday 26 September at the valedictory lecture in honour of Professor of Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry, Timothy Odiaka, on his retirement from the University of Ibadan, having clocked 70 years.
The VC said the government’s embargo on employment in the civil service and extended to universities had caused many problems.
In his words, “The unfortunate aspect that we experience in the university was when there was an embargo on employment, and it was extended to universities. They thought universities were like the civil service, and that caused a lot of problems.
“The older ones who are supposed to mentor the young ones are leaving the system, the younger ones who are expected to be mentored are not available they are leaving with all their experiences and it’s like we are burning our candle from both sides and that is very unfortunate.”
He said recruitment for over 600 staff would begin soon as approved by the university.
The Dean of the Faculty of Science said the situation would be terrible in the near future if nothing urgent was done to reverse the trend.
According to Prof. Adekunle, “The Faculty (of Science) is experiencing significant attrition regarding its member of staff. The Faculty of Science is undoubtedly the biggest faculty at the University of Ibadan. The “Big size” simply means “big work/duties” in a system where we are not able to add more to the staff employed years ago, and yet the responsibilities keep on increasing.”
Source: punch
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