I understand the position of the academia to an extent. Most of them attain their professorial status late in life. You find very few professor who are below 50years. Their position is this: If it takes so long to become a professor, Perhaps u become one at 60. Would have to pass the knowledge just for 5years and then retire? Of what use is all the knowledge you have acquired if u cannot pass it across?.....
But do we then say that they should remain in class forever and die untimely when they are supposed to be reaping the fruit of their labour?
FG has said it should be 65. Academia is saying 70. It caused a lot of problems and it was reverted. Yet lecturers are dying of stress, heart attack and what have u. What can we do, bearing in mind again that many of this retired professors get short-changed by being employed again as contract staff, into the same universities they lectured; still working, but being paid less than what they should earn. How do we place these variables people?