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The management of Abia State University (ABSU) has suspended a lecturer, Prof Nnamdi Nwaeze, from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences.

The ABSU spokesman, Chijioke Nwogu, announced the lecturer’s suspension in a statement on Thursday.

PREMIUM TIMES reliably gathered that Nwaeze, a professor, was suspended on Wednesday for his Facebook post in which he claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than N400,000 per month.

The professor’s post addressed the recently declared industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at ABSU.

He claimed that he was familiar with issues that resulted in the industrial action, but chose not to raise them to avoid being tagged as an “enemy of the state” or dismissed for a “political statement.”

Nwaeze said that lecturers at ABSU were receiving the poorest remuneration and were the least paid among Nigerian universities.

He further claimed that lecturers at the university were still being paid under the 2009 ASUU/FG salary structure, rather than the 2024 structure, the recent December 2025 structure, which was not implemented at ABSU.

The lecturer then claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than ₦400,000 per month, while commercial tricyclists earn over ₦450,000 per month.

"Are you aware that professors in all the federal and most state universities now earn between N1.3m to N1.4m as against what is obtainable in ABSU?” he asked.

“In this same Abia State, a local government councillor who may not have an ordinary WAEC level certificate allegedly earns about N600,000 monthly.

“A House of Assembly member earns about ₦8 million net salary in Abia State. Most appointees of this government can pay the salary of a professor and still have enough to take care of their families and personal needs.”

Suspension
In the Thursday statement, Nwogu, who doubles as the deputy registrar of the university, said the social media post “is inimical to the interests of the university and uncomplimentary to the visitors of the university.”

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is the visitor to the university.

The ABSU spokesman said the university management has constituted an investigative panel to probe the matter.

“The suspension takes immediate effect pending the outcome of the investigation by the panel,” he said.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/902718-nigerian-university-suspends-lecturer-for-claiming-tricyclists-earn-more-than-professors.hhtml

They hate the truth but can never do the right thing

Thebiafranchild:
They hate the truth but can never do the right thing

Smh.

He is being reckless and idle. This is the kind of action that makes some people remember that scripture " wisdom is profitable".

He is a 'professor', does he earn less than a keke driver (with all due respect to all the diligent and patriotic keke drivers)?

Why couldn't he be reasonable enough to state what he can defend with facts?

If he faces a disciplinary panel and then asked to defend his reckless statement, will he be able to present a payslip of a keke driver and another professor in that institution who earns less than N400K as take home pay? Even if there is such, will that professor be foolish enough to release the evidence to him without risking exposure on why his pay is low as such, like loans repayment etc?

He is just idle and deserves to go home and rest without pay.

He is busy on facebook posting claims that he has no capacity to substantiate. This is why products of schools like this do not command respect of employers. Show me your prof and I will tell you your quality of training.

He was just idle, reckless and unwise.

He should use his period of his suspension to go get the payslip of a 'professor' earning less than N400k and keke driver earning N400k monthly. Arodan. Lobatan.

🤔 damn, very bad, only in Nigeria that scholars are not respected

Baronthecelebri:
🤔 damn, very bad, only in Nigeria that scholars are not respected

I guess that you studied under this kind of reckless and idle teachers. Smh.


Please don't let your own low self esteem and inferiority complex drag down a whole country. This is not scholarship and you clearly don't know what it takes to be a scholar.

FreeStuffsNG:
I guess that you studied under this kind of reckless and idle teachers. Smh.


Please don't let your own low self esteem and inferiority complex drag down a whole country. This is not scholarship and you clearly don't know what it takes to be a scholar.

People like you who see yourselves as 'patriots' are the worse type of citizens. When you see black, you call it white. To you, promoting or supporting abnormalities is patriotism.

Rapmoney:
People like you who see yourselves as 'patriots' are the worse type of citizens. When you see black, you call it white. To you, promoting or supporting abnormalities is patriotism.

I say you are ignorant se. You are dabbling into what you are completely clueless about and above your level of education. Please stay out of issues like this so you will not foul up the thread with uncouth remarks.

You will soon be in the web of his kind of recklessness since you are incapable of comprehending the lesson in his foolish and reckless act.

Incidentally, the information that can cure you of your ignoramce is in the public space but you are incapable of doing diligent and responsible search or reading. I will not enable your irresponsible behaviour by providing the facts here.

He who alleges must prove. He will go and prove his claim. He will be asked to bring his own payslip, that of a professor who earns less than N400k and that of a keke who earns up to N400k monthly but at the end of the day, he will bring only his payslip and it is admittedly more than N400K! He will now start begging and blaming the devil. That is your mentor o. Smh.

Lol.... Well, as said up there the truth hurts.

But even the professors sef wey dey teach outdated curriculum 😂, why Keke rider wey dey drive latest keke no go earn pass una.

Btw, if you're not a backyard professor, gotten from your friend's university and fake, zero-value publications, a professor is generally a HOT-CAKE, globally.

You can start research that can be funded by government or even private firms. But all the professors earning less than a keke rider are the ones who want to be fed salary for just having the title.

Rapmoney:
The management of Abia State University (ABSU) has suspended a lecturer, Prof Nnamdi Nwaeze, from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences.

The ABSU spokesman, Chijioke Nwogu, announced the lecturer’s suspension in a statement on Thursday.

PREMIUM TIMES reliably gathered that Nwaeze, a professor, was suspended on Wednesday for his Facebook post in which he claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than N400,000 per month.

The professor’s post addressed the recently declared industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at ABSU.

He claimed that he was familiar with issues that resulted in the industrial action, but chose not to raise them to avoid being tagged as an “enemy of the state” or dismissed for a “political statement.”

Nwaeze said that lecturers at ABSU were receiving the poorest remuneration and were the least paid among Nigerian universities.

He further claimed that lecturers at the university were still being paid under the 2009 ASUU/FG salary structure, rather than the 2024 structure, the recent December 2025 structure, which was not implemented at ABSU.

The lecturer then claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than ₦400,000 per month, while commercial tricyclists earn over ₦450,000 per month.

“Are you aware that professors in all the federal and most state universities now earn between N1.3m to N1.4m as against what is obtainable in ABSU?” he asked.

“In this same Abia State, a local government councillor who may not have an ordinary WAEC level certificate allegedly earns about N600,000 monthly.

“A House of Assembly member earns about ₦8 million net salary in Abia State. Most appointees of this government can pay the salary of a professor and still have enough to take care of their families and personal needs.”

Suspension
In the Thursday statement, Nwogu, who doubles as the deputy registrar of the university, said the social media post “is inimical to the interests of the university and uncomplimentary to the visitors of the university.”

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is the visitor to the university.

The ABSU spokesman said the university management has constituted an investigative panel to probe the matter.

“The suspension takes immediate effect pending the outcome of the investigation by the panel,” he said.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/902718-nigerian-university-suspends-lecturer-for-claiming-tricyclists-earn-more-than-professors.html

Cc: Seun Mynd44 Lalasticlala Nlfpmod OAM4J Dominique Fergie001

getting suspended for this is horrible
What is going on ?
Instead of you to debunk his claim , you went ahead to cut him off .
Was there any clause in his contract that he defaulted ?
Africans are bullies when they enter political offices

FreeStuffsNG:
I guess that you studied under this kind of reckless and idle teachers. Smh.


Please don't let your own low self esteem and inferiority complex drag down a whole country. This is not scholarship and you clearly don't know what it takes to be a scholar.

Nuts wey don loose don loose.

FreeStuffsNG:
I say you are ignorant se. You are dabbling into what you are completely clueless about and above your level of education. Please stay out of issues like this so you will not foul up the thread with uncouth remarks.

You will soon be in the web of his kind of recklessness since you are incapable of comprehending the lesson in his foolish and reckless act.

Incidentally, the information that can cure you of your ignoramce is in the public space but you are incapable of doing diligent and responsible search or reading. I will not enable your irresponsible behaviour by providing the facts here.

He who alleges must prove. He will go and prove his claim. He will be asked to bring his own payslip, that of a professor who earns less than N400k and that of a keke who earns up to N400k monthly but at the end of the day, he will bring only his payslip and it is admittedly more than N400K! He will now start begging and blaming the devil. That is your mentor o. Smh.

I'm not surprised. Supporting APC government is a sickness.

Cc: FreeStuffsNG

FreeStuffsNG:
I say you are ignorant se. You are dabbling into what you are completely clueless about and above your level of education. Please stay out of issues like this so you will not foul up the thread with uncouth remarks.

You will soon be in the web of his kind of recklessness since you are incapable of comprehending the lesson in his foolish and reckless act.

Incidentally, the information that can cure you of your ignoramce is in the public space but you are incapable of doing diligent and responsible search or reading. I will not enable your irresponsible behaviour by providing the facts here.

He who alleges must prove. He will go and prove his claim. He will be asked to bring his own payslip, that of a professor who earns less than N400k and that of a keke who earns up to N400k monthly but at the end of the day, he will bring only his payslip and it is admittedly more than N400K! He will now start begging and blaming the devil. That is your mentor o. Smh.

Talking rubbish.

He should simply re-sign and join the bizness

Good one, example to others who sprew trash.

Make he go carry keke ,enter road.

When you know how the system where you work is,then you mind what you say..

Nigeria as a country and Nigerians as citizens in the same country doesn't like truth. So you stay out of what will land you in trouble

Okhuadams:
He should simply re-sign and join the bizness

gbamsolutely if it was that easy he should join them

Okhuadams:
He should simply re-sign and join the bizness

Best comment so far! He should do the needful

Rapmoney:
Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/902718-nigerian-university-suspends-lecturer-for-claiming-tricyclists-earn-more-than-professors.hhtml

Welcome to Nigeria, where if you say the truth, the powers that be witchunt you.

Meanwhile, that Professor deserves to be made the ASUU Chairman of ABSU. He has the Aluta spirit

Na professor wey refuse use him knowledge be that.

Lecturers have access to lots of welfare packages that informal business operators do not.

If the business takes in so much monthly, let him invest in it

Lecturers need to invest and find other ways to grow wealth, let gen practicalize entrepreneurship

When professors help touts into power.
This is the consequence.
I will forever respect Prof Mrs Nnenna Oti.
Useless Prof Jega helped rig Buhari the madman(animal in human skin)
Into power.
Sex and money for marks professors

a keke goes home daily with 17k after all expenses. bus shuttle driver goes home with between 25 and 30 daily. no professor gets less than 700k monthly

FreeStuffsNG:
I say you are ignorant se. You are dabbling into what you are completely clueless about and above your level of education. Please stay out of issues like this so you will not foul up the thread with uncouth remarks.

You will soon be in the web of his kind of recklessness since you are incapable of comprehending the lesson in his foolish and reckless act.

Incidentally, the information that can cure you of your ignoramce is in the public space but you are incapable of doing diligent and responsible search or reading. I will not enable your irresponsible behaviour by providing the facts here.

He who alleges must prove. He will go and prove his claim. He will be asked to bring his own payslip, that of a professor who earns less than N400k and that of a keke who earns up to N400k monthly but at the end of the day, he will bring only his payslip and it is admittedly more than N400K! He will now start begging and blaming the devil. That is your mentor o. Smh.

My response pain you wella Keep embarrassing yourself.

Who did this to black man?

It is a real fact in Nigeria that academia are relegated to the background.

Eba50:
a keke goes home daily with 17k after all expenses. bus shuttle driver goes home with between 25 and 30 daily

Can you back this up with evidence?

We sabi Talk without evidence for this country sha.

Do you know what is 17k or 20k daily?
Mutiply it by 26 days

Go and buy keke and know if you can be making that amount daily.

If this your assumption is true, then Keke riders and shuttle drivers supposed be among the richest in Nigeria.

But when check poor people's population, significant number of them are public transport drivers.

Lol so if an Athletes earns more than Lecturers and Proffesors that makes education useless or what?

I can see the level of comments in this thread 🤔🤔🤔🤔 maybe because the university is state owned university 🤔🤔🤔 well we may never know 🤧🤧🤧

This is ridiculous because the Lecturer is right. Rather than fighting for increased salary, they decided to shut the man up