17/08/2025
I was once a victim of a bad comment from a university lecturer. I always feel the pain in my heart💔 anytime I remember the nasty comment I received from a university of Ibadan lecturer during my undergraduate in medical school, UCH Ibadan.
If such comment was made in a country that values human beings, that lecturer would have lost her job immediately.
Unfortunately, we do not speak up🤐 on this part of the world, because of "fear of consequent victimisation" from the lecturer and their colleagues.
Speaking up as a student in Nigeria is like reporting Gen. Sanni Abacha to Al-Mustapha, you won't get justice. 🤷🏼♂️
Some of my classmates, including me, failed her course, and she had the effrontery to tell us before the whole class. She said and I quote,
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We all felt pain 😪 in our hearts, but we could not speak up🤐😭.
Who will we speak up to? Kosi!
It is sad some lecturers derive joy from failing their students. NONSENSE!
How many medals have you won since you have been failing students unreasonably? Ask yourself!😏
We could not speak up then, those who spoke up against mistreatment from lecturers at one time or the other gambled with their BSc certificates.
As a son of nobody, the only hope I had was that certificate, I kuku endured the pains and hatred from few lecturers. I nearly kpai myself but God was/is my strength 💪.
Then, I did not have the power to challenge her, I left her to God (Mo faa le olohun lowo), but I will never forget and forgive her wicked attitude in my life.
May God bless all other lecturers who took us like their children, who showed us the way to success.
One of the kindhearted lecturers cried when she heard I failed, she couldn't believe it. She cried but UNFORTUNATELY she too could not speak up for us. Not her fault, our system is so bad to the extent that even junior lecturers are afraid of speaking up. May God bless her!
UI is blessed with a lot of brilliant and well-behaved lecturers.
Kudos to those ones and God bless them!
Advice:
University lecturers are not God.
Stop acting like one.
Stop being happy when students failed.
You also failed when your students failed.
Recommendation:
University lecturers, including vice Chancellors and other public office holders would benefit from EQUALITY, INCLUSION and DIVERSITY Training.
This training will reshape their attitude positively towards students and their colleagues.
Then, university should create an avenue of gathering anonymous feedback from students.
Constructive feedback is a tool for improvement. I am more than happy to educate all Nigeria lecturers on this, whenever they are ready.
Let's change the narratives.
Let's among lecturers and students, it is affecting students' mental health.
They are students, NOT SLAVES!
Some lecturers have killed a lot of brilliant students with their insensitive comments.
Render your service according to your job description.
You do not need to force your faith or ideology on others or students.
Mrs lecturer, for your information, I am still living with the PAIN your comment created in my ❤️ heart.
Respect and care for your students, they are someone's children.
Writer: Ololade MrMoney.
