Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Scholarship in a World of Poor Electricity: The Nigerian Example

Only a few Nigerian profs are in Ghana! 

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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com>
Sent: September 21, 2018 10:28 PM
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Scholarship in a World of Poor Electricity: The Nigerian Example

 

God have mercy!

But Jaiyeoba, some say academics in Nigeria and particularly professors are very well paid.

toyin

On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 at 12:00, 'tunde jaiyeoba' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

The 'scholarly class' has been destroyed by the system. The system that has been voting more money to security/defence more than education, more to pilgrimage than education and the money voted for all sectors ending up in private accounts in Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in diaspora; to mention just a few. The same system where a primary 6 qualified local government counsellor earns twice as much as a professor and a new entrant into the banking sector earns a professors salary. A country with little or no funds for research and  has 'killed' off all the industries that would have facilitated gown/town research activities. 

Above all, a system that made professors to join the low income class so they can think more about survival in the country better than academic activities, progress in education or profer solutions to the countrys problems. 

Yes, that is the lot of the scholarly class!!!

Babatunde JAIYEOBA

On ‎Thursday‎, ‎20‎ ‎September‎ ‎2018‎ ‎20‎:‎58‎:‎54‎ ‎WAT, Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

The scholarly class are seekers of knowledge who work in academic institutions and knowledge seekers outside those institutions.

toyin

On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 13:49, Ibrahim Abdullah <ibdullah@gmail.com> wrote:

Scholarly class? Who are they?

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> On 20 Sep 2018, at 12:24, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
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> "I am hoping the scholarly class will rebel agst this down sizing of their creative potential and work steadfastly towards changing the system." (Oluwatoyin Adepoju)
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> Toyin,
> Your "scholarly class" would not rebel, they are rather responding by becoming praise singers of the same governments that have been "downsizing their creative potential" for personal pecuniary gains!
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> CAO.
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