Alleged ‘Sorting’: Ignatius Ajuru Varsity Suspends Lecturer For 12 Months Without Pay

The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, IAUE,
Port Harcourt, has suspended Mr. Godwin Olai, a lecturer in the
school’s Department of Management for 12 months with effect from
8th August, 2021, without salary.

Mr Olai was suspended after he was found guilty by Staff
Disciplinary Committee of the University for demanding N70,000 to
help one of the students under his supervision to write, type and
bind his project.

The decision of the management of was conveyed by the Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ozo Mekuri Ndimele in his Facebook post.

He wrote, “The Management of Ignatus Ajuru University had placed
Mr. Godwin Olai, a lecturer with the Department of Management, on
three months suspension and his matter was referred to the Staff
Disciplinary Committee for further investigation.

“The Management of the University acted on an audio recording
which alleged that some final year students of Mr. Godwin Olai’s
department assigned to him for project supervision were asked by
him to pay the sum of N70,000 each so that the lecturer would
personally write, type and bind the finished projects for the
students without any input from them, with the exception of writing
their Dedication page and Acknowledgements.

“We are determined to keep our surroundings clean. Let all be
careful!,” – VC.

The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, IAUE,
Port Harcourt, has suspended Mr. Godwin Olai, a lecturer in the
school’s Department of Management for 12 months with effect from
8th August, 2021, without salary.

Mr Olai was suspended after he was found guilty by Staff
Disciplinary Committee of the University for demanding N70,000 to
help one of the students under his supervision to write, type and
bind his project.

The decision of the management of was conveyed by the Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ozo Mekuri Ndimele in his Facebook post.

He wrote, “The Management of Ignatus Ajuru University had placed
Mr. Godwin Olai, a lecturer with the Department of Management, on
three months suspension and his matter was referred to the Staff
Disciplinary Committee for further investigation.

“The Management of the University acted on an audio recording
which alleged that some final year students of Mr. Godwin Olai’s
department assigned to him for project supervision were asked by
him to pay the sum of N70,000 each so that the lecturer would
personally write, type and bind the finished projects for the
students without any input from them, with the exception of writing
their Dedication page and Acknowledgements.

“We are determined to keep our surroundings clean. Let all be
careful!,” – VC.