Hundreds of Nigerians recount how lecturers ‘wrongfully failed’ them

Hundreds of Nigerians on Twitter have recounted their experiences with lecturers of tertiary institutions across the country who allegedly “wrongfully failed” them.

The conversation started on Sunday after a user – identified as Abimbola – recalled how he failed a course because the lecturer argued his report was “too professional to be done by a student.”

Abimbola said although he submitted proof he “actually worked” on the report, the lecturer said, “It was too late to do anything.”

“Just randomly remembered a lecturer failed me in an elective course – ‘Glass in Buildings’ because my report was too structured and professional to have been done by a student,” he wrote.

“I put my blood & sweat into that report. We met afterwards and I showed him my scrapbook and phone gallery.

“He acknowledged they were real. He said it was too late to do anything as the results had already been certified at the senate. I failed that course for being excellent.

He acknowledged they were real. He said it was too late to do anything as the results had already been certified at the senate. I failed that course for being excellent.

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Nigerian lecturers 🤝 stifling growth, discouraging innovation & promoting mediocrity & regurgitation.

— Abimbola 🇳🇬 (@AbimTheBaller) April 30, 2023

“Nigerian lecturers 🤝 stifling growth, discouraging innovation and promoting mediocrity and regurgitation.”

The tweet — which has been liked nearly 10,000 times — opened the floodgates for similar accounts by hundreds of users on the microblogging platform.

“Memories. We had a lecturer teach ancient architecture and I studied further on my own about Egyptian architecture because I was intrigued. We had a test and I gave the correct answer to a question and not the inaccurate fact in his handout. Failed. Will never forget,” a Twitter user said.

“Our exam officer omited a course from our results cause we passed too well. I had an A, it was a three credit unit course. That’s Nigeria for you,” another user said.

A user, whose account took place in high school, added: “Yeah this happened to me in SS2. My English teacher said my essay was too advanced to have been written by a secondary school student. I wrote another one on the spot in her office. She couldn’t even apologize when she realized she goofed. Mrs Ogunlade, I haven’t forgiven you.”

Here are what some Nigerians had to say (see more tweets here):

I got an E in a 4 unit course because I wouldn’t follow the word for word principle laid by the Lecturer… I did my research, solved past questions, read a lot, wrote my own notes in a way I would understand all to get “let my people go” as my grade 😂

— Zeus (@Zeus498) April 30, 2023

In Demographic Studies, a Dr in UNN thought us two key demographic variables as Age and Sex, her second thought us key demographic variables as ; Fertility Mortality and Migration. During exam, she failed us for writing the one her second thought even though it was the right one.

— Nigeria Manufactures Poverty 😂 (@EluwaChidieber2) May 1, 2023

Same was don’t to me by a lecturer for a course I really love , worse thing was he did not even know how to impact knowledge about the course properly. Nigerian lecturers sha

— Ellarapheals (@ellarapheals) May 1, 2023

God will punish my teacher. Did something similar in secondry school. Was told too gud to be from my level of knowledge, he embarrassed me that I wasn't the one who did d homework and even beat me for it. Uncle Apolo God punish u. He killed my moral and I lost my creative self

— Bobozee (@Bobozee6) April 30, 2023

Cc @whorahola
We suffered together, I don’t think I’d ever forget this.

— Anthony Dike (@IaMaNtOniODk) May 1, 2023

Yeah this happened to me in SS2. My English teacher said my essay was too advanced to have been written by a secondary school student. I wrote another one on the spot in her office. She couldn’t even apologize when she realized she goofed. Mrs Ogunlade, I haven’t forgiven you.

— Ọláìtán (@kazhamza) April 30, 2023

This was me and my lecturer when I submitted the first drafts of my final year research.

In a university where most of my classmates couldn’t spell “lecture” correctly, he was certain I copied mine from somewhere.

I had to restart, and after developing some rapports, he

— Ali Faagba (@contentmints) April 30, 2023

Was given an F in 2 courses – 1 taught by a mech engr lecturer & the other by a lecturer in my dept (computer engr), whereas I got an A in both.

Why? I refused to mark students exam scripts.

Despite Senate approval of the Fs, I contested it aggressively till it's overturned.

— Stephen Ikechukwu🇳🇬 (@StephenIkechuk4) May 1, 2023

My project supervisor casually retired during the 2012 strike without letting us know. We graduated without our names being on the graduands list cos of project as we were assigned to new supervisors. It was a very sad period in my life.
Thank God for growth.

— V.C. Nwangwu (@ValNwangwu) April 30, 2023

… i was expecting applause/commendation o. This man chased me from the class, insisting i opened someone's work as mine after the file properties showed I just created the file and other students attested I did it in their presence

— Dante (@Kharlyda) April 30, 2023

Lecturers are next to demons😩😩😩This same faculty of environmental science!!! That man failed me because I "was too correct" and even bragged about failing me to my junior colleagues. They had to advice me to deliberately fail some questions when I rewrote.

— LIONED ANT (@dobbiinsanthony) May 1, 2023

Now, when he fell Ill & the department reassigned the course. It didn't matter who was now in charge,there was wild spread jubilation on campus.That course had 800+ carryover students. How did I know, I was the class representative &all carryover students usually call me for info

— ል𝔰𝔞𝔫 ℭ𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔟 𝔍𝔯.🕷🕸️✍ (@IamTerlumun) April 30, 2023

Baba Taiwo gave me 53 in project simply because he wanted to nail the HoD and the only person that happened to have the document he needed was me.

— SirdijnuT🇫🇷 (@tunngy) May 1, 2023