Private Universities VCs move against ‘moonlighting’ Among Lecturers
Moonlighting, according to the
Vice-Chancellor, Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Redeemed Camp, Ogun State,
Prof. Debo Adeyewa, is an unethical practice where a lecturer works on
full-time basis in more than one institution.
Some lecturers, because of the
desperation of some universities, urge to make more money and dearth of
PhD holders to drive the nation’s universities have resorted to picking
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more than one universities.
But the committee of VCs of private
universities during their meeting hosted by the Babcock University,
Illisan Remo, Ogun State, rose against the act and urged members to
support one another in nipping the ‘evil’ in the mud.
“It is immoral and illegal for a
lecturer to be working as a full-time lecturer in two or more
universities. We should all rise up against it and I want to urge all of
us to work together to fish out all these lecturers. They should be
sacked as soon as they are identified,” Adeyewa pleaded with his
colleagues.
The VCs also set up a committee to lobby
the National Assembly to amend the section of the law that prevents
private universities from accessing funds from the public sector,
particularly from Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
The vice-chancellors, who expressed
worries at the level of some desperation of some private universities to
recruit lecturers, urged members to always guard against violating the
Nation al Universities Commission’s rules in all ramifications.
At the end of their deliberations, the
over 20 private universities represented at the meeting agreed to create
a website where all the names of lecturer in their employment would be
uploaded. They advised members to visit the site before they issued
appointment letter to any new lecturer.
The outgoing Chairman of the committee,
who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Bowen University, Prof. Timothy
Olagbemiro, while reeling out the recommendations arrived at after the
meeting, said a committee that would document the status of private
universities vis a vis their contributions to the nation’s
transformation agenda has been formed.
The committee, made up of six VCs and
two registrars, is also charged with the responsibilities of identifying
and studying the laws establishing and governing private universities.
The VCs also called on members to be assertive, transparent and diligent while carrying out their duties. 
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