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The argument revolving around the survival of the educational sector in general and Nigerian universities in particular has been raging for decades. But never have we come so close, face to face, with an imminent collapse unless drastic measures are taken. In this article, I will be as analytical, objective and as factual as possible so that those who pretend to be deaf might hear. By this exposé, I intend to rouse all and sundry to rally round the Nigerian Lecturer and put up a last minute struggle in order to forestall the looming tragedy.  *The First Shock The Nigerian Lecturer is the most abused, misused, exploited, misunderstood and manipulated civil servant in the country. When he assumes duty, he is sent into the fray empty-handed. He is not given any kick-off allowance and to begin with, he has to save up money for months to buy the laptop which he will use to discharge his duties. I am sure you know that a good laptop costs between #200,000 and #500,000, or even more. Now ...

Photo Credit: Shutter Thanks to Uncle Covid, me and many other Nigerians spent many hours on our phones: surfing the internet, browsing social media, with the most popular; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the baba of them all What's App . Due   to the number of hours I dedicated to social media especially What'sApp, it won't be presumptuous to state that I picked on patterns of behavior by peeps on social media. For today, I would like to talk about a unique set of individuals - the matured What's App users. Like every other person, they spend hours on the social media sites, unlike regular users of the app, they are distinguished by the way the interact on the app. You can spot them thus: 1. Those who are there for business :  These set of people did not come to play at all. Having heard that social media is the new gold mine, they are determined to maximize it. Their main interactions on what's app include, advertising their business on what's app status, an...