The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale; the Dean, Faculty of Science of the university, Professor Adekunle Bakare, and some other lecturers have said the exodus of lecturers from Nigerian universities to seek greener pastures abroad is putting the future of universities in jeopardy.
They said despite the mass retirement of experienced and young lecturers, universities could not employ new hands to replace them because of an embargo of government policy.
They spoke on Monday evening at the valedictory lecture in honour of a renowned Professor of Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry, Timothy Odiaka, on his retirement from the University of Ibadan.
The vice chancellor said the government’s embargo on employment in the civil service and extended to universities had caused many problems.
However, the Dean of the Faculty of Science said the impact of the exodus of the best brains from the country had not been felt yet despite what was being experienced. He said the situation will be terrible in the near future if nothing urgent was done to reverse the trend.
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