Nigerian University Lecturers

What is it about?

Nigerian university lecturers are generally regarded as government workers who enjoy going on strike, have free time and money to spend, enjoy free sex; display full knowledge of issues, give admissions to applicants and unduly victimise or upgrade students. However, these thinking and beliefs are not true in all the case. Sometimes the opposite is the case. This paper present the true identity of Nigerian lecturers and the ironic socio-educational circumstances in which they work, suggesting radical solutions to the problems of Nigerian university education and incessant strikes.

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Why is it important?

The paper is relevant and topical because for many years now, industrial disputes and some of the issues above-mentioned have bedevilled Nigerian university education. It is one of the first papers, perhaps the first, to use a semiotic approach for socio-educational assessment of Nigerian university lecturers. The work will enable Nigerians and foreigners to identify and state the true identity, nature and problems of Nigerian university lecturers. The study established that Nigerian government does not place priority on university education and proposes other measures, apart from strikes, that university lecturers can use to get the Nigerian government committed to higher education. It predicts that Nigerian government may one day wake up and sell off public universities.

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