Acting Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Prof Okechukwu Onuchuku, has advised staff of the university to shun academic fraud and like vices.
Giving the charge to the academic staff recently when he met with them at the university auditorium, Onuckuku told them to desist from asking students for unnecessary gratifications.
“Do the work you are paid for by teaching and thoroughly supervising the students without attaching monetary value to chapters of project works and examination scores of these students”, he admonished.
Onuchukwu disclosed that the University, in collaboration with security agencies, is set to monitor and expose those found guilty.
He, however, appealed to lecturers who, on the other hand, are enticed by these students to resist such temptation and report the students involved.
Onuckuku further advised staff to work towards accessing N96,000,000.00 TEtfund for conferences, research grants, and book publications.
He said he is willing to approve good proposals that staff can come up with to access the funds.
The Acting VC also encouraged staff to engage in consultancy services, adding that these available avenues of making extra money would help staff live above board.
He intimated staff of the forthcoming accreditation exercise for nine programmes of the University, saying that “all hands must be on deck to ensure full accreditation status for the departments to relax in the next five years”.
He solicited the support of staff in departments and faculties, urging them not to create problems for themselves.
Prof. Onuckuku, who announced that staff were in the university by divine intervention, expressed displeasure at what he called “the level of acrimony, and wickedness in some departments”.
He expressed wonder over why some derive joy in setting up colleagues, asking if perpetrators would receive the salary of the staff if they succeed in pulling them down or prevent their growth in the departments.
He, therefore, urged staff to “forgive one another, work together as brothers, help each other grow in the system, and not to act as lords or suppress others as it is not the best way to live life”.
Onuckuku used the fora to remind all that he was “in the system to provide administrative and academic leadership, transform and make the place better for all to be proud of, and not to entertain petition writing, gossips, chase or pursue people around.”
On promotion of staff, he stated that assessment forms would be sent out for those qualified to apply.
Meanwhile, the Acting Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Prof Okechuku Onuchuku, says the university’s academic calendar would run its full course.
Speaking on Friday, while fielding questions from teaching staff, he explained that the flood incidence experienced in parts of the Niger Delta region is a natural phenomenon with no time frame of cessation.
He said postgraduate students who could not right their examination on the scheduled date (Monday, October 17, 2022) who were unable to write it on the slated date would be given supplementary examination.
He also urged those affected by the natural disaster to concentrate on being alive and not to think of the examination, assuring that the university authority is aware of their situation.
In a vote of thanks, the Director, Administration, Vice Chancellor’s Office, Mr Donald Okogbaa, who is also in charge of the Registry Department, expressed appreciation to the Acting VC for the information.
The forum provided opportunity for staff to ask questions, make valuable contributions, give advice and encouragement to the leadership.

By: Sogbeba Dokubo