A coalition of non-governmental organisations in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Movement for Peace and Good Governance (MOPEGO) has described an offer by Governor Kayode Fayemi to teach in the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, as “hypocritical” and an admission of failure to perform his duty as governor.
A coalition of non-governmental organisations in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Movement for Peace and Good Governance (MOPEGO) has described an offer by Governor Kayode Fayemi to teach in the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, as “hypocritical” and an admission of failure to perform his duty as governor.
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MOPEGO said of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governor, “Having failed as governor of Ekiti State, Fayemi was only trying to play to the gallery by offering to lecture in EKSU, which is what he ought to be doing in the first instance instead of holding a governorship position that he lacks intellectual faculty and experience to handle.”
Fayemi, who is a passionate expert of the field of Peace and Conflict Studies, had said last Saturday during the 17th convocation lecture of EKSU that he was ready to teach some courses in the post-graduate school at the University, to which he had alluded during his election campaign.
“Apart from occupying the position of the Visitor of this University, I also want to play a more active role,” he told the students. “I have been in discussion with the school on plans to start a graduate course in my field of Peace and Conflict Studies. So very soon, don’t be surprised if you see me in your class.”
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MOPEGO said it was funny that a governor like Fayemi, who has “failed” in all aspects of governance was the one talking about teaching in a university. “Our first reaction was, what is he going to be teaching? Is it history that is no longer fashionable in our universities or how to run Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and make money doing nothing?” the NGO coalition curiously asked.
It expressed the view that teaching was what Fayemi should have been doing in the first instance but that he “went over the bar” by saying he wants to teach in the post-graduate school.
“Therefore, it is not too late for the judiciary imposed governor to give up on governance, where he has failed totally and go back to the classroom to teach whatever he feels he can teach,” MOPEGO said.
At the event, Fayemi also expressed dissatisfaction with the current rating of Nigerian universities in the world, lamenting that the best African University was rated number 387 in 2011, while the best-rated Nigerian University was at number 2,266.
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