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Thinking you can get an A in his course when you know fully well: “A is for the gods.”
If you never had a lecturer tell you, you couldn’t get an A in his course, you definitely needed a visa to get to your Uni.
When a student on a 4.5 CGPA in his final year and semester, dares to dream he can finish with a first class.
We don’t do that in Nigerian Unis, please dear.
Suggesting to a lecturer that has been using the same handwritten notes from 1988, to update his notes or send lectures via email.
What exactly do you think you’re doing?
When students try to ask for area of concentration, after the lecturer has broken the scheme into 22 topics and 250 pages of notes.
“So I haven’t made work easy enough for you?”
When they say a hand out they’re selling is not by force to buy, and no student actually buys it.
“Like these students actually don’t want to graduate sha”
If the class is too full and rowdy for his liking.
I lost count of how many lecturers walked out of class because students were too busy being students for their liking.
When the class isn’t as full or as rowdy as he would like.
That’s when you’ll hear: “tear a sheet of paper, if your friends like; they shouldn’t come back to class”.
When you dare to think it’s his class you’ll be attending with that big afro on your head.
When you know fully well Nigerian lecturers and afros are sworn enemies.
Attempting to ask a question while class is going on.
How dare you ask questions, when they’re trying to teach you what they probably don’t know like that.
Not asking questions while class is going on.
See, with Nigerian lecturers, you can’t win.
When girls attend classes wearing sleeveless shirts.
“How dare you expose your moisturised elbows and shoulders in this class with no AC or fan?” What a wow.
And let’s not forget the biggest sin for female students. When your lecturer wants you and you think you can do something about it.
But every day for the thief, one day for the owner. If you see Richard Akindele, the OAU lecturer that tried this nonsense, help us ask him how unemployment is looking.
As students, we can hardly spare a second to think about politics because we’re so busy trying to breath life into our CGPA. Literally
But still, we are very aware of the fact that every tenure, leaders breeze by without giving us what we need the most: development. I mean, look around you, we’re definitely in the same place our ancestors left us, if not worse. Okay worse for sure, because have you seen the dollar rate lately?!
Well, we all know the 2019 general elections are coming up pretty soon and if you’re like me, you’re starting to care less and less. Yes it’s a sensitive moment for the future of our nation but it seems quite like every candidate sounds promising right before we elect them into office and it’s time to fulfill those promises.
As a final year student, this is the first time I’m actually old enough to vote in the presidential elections and now, I realize my age wasn’t at all the major barrier. It’s more the difficulty in getting a PVC or knowing who to vote for or even wondering if my vote counts.
All these issues shouldn’t be issues; we should have been equipped for this way back when we were four years away from 18 or 19 or 20. So I decided to conduct a survey because I want to know what people my age are feeling too. I can’t be alone. And you’re not alone either. My goal is to get 1000 of us to fill this form so I can publish the responses in a poll and maybe, just maybe, we can awaken the right and influential minds into seeing and understanding how we feel about Nigeria and its elections.
To participate in the survey, click here. By clicking, you actually stand a chance to win some cash. Really.
A day will come in the life of most students when they’ll go and withdraw money and the ATM will read ‘insufficient funds’. That doesn’t have to be your portion.
First of all pack everything you can from your parents’ house whenever you go home.
Toothpaste, toilet roll, detergent, these things are cost in the market.
All those Uncles and Aunties that have been asking you so when will you enter school, call all of them.
I’m in school now o come and fund my life.
If the accomodation situation in your school is flexible don’t form ‘I like my personal space’. Better get yourself a roommate or two.
Anything you are buying for your room will be split between two or three people instead of just you.
Don’t finish your money eating in canteens, buy pots and a hot plate or camp gas and cook.
Do you know how long a pot of beans can last?
If you are in a Nigerian Federal Uni look out for your state’s annual bursary funds.
Some states give as much as 150k, better don’t dull it.
Sit down in your room on Friday nights, it’s not every weekend you must turn up.
Only go where you know the food and drinks will be free, you are still a student, please.
It’s not by force to buy every single book your lecturers say you should buy.
Buy only the most necessary books, if you aren’t sure what to buy ask people who were in that level just before you.
Even the necessary books you still don’t need to buy all of them. Check your school’s libraries for the books they have and just buy the one’s they don’t.
At least if you use in the library you’ll actually read it, instead of leaving it on your table to be gathering dust.
Do you really need to eat more than one meal a day? Especially that week before your pocket money enters your account.
Pata pata you only need to eat two. Uni isn’t the place to be eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Anywhere you see their sharing free food you better enter and collect your own.
All those school talks and seminars where they’ll share food or small chops at the end sign up for all of them. Who are you forming for?
If you have a very high CGPA, first of all congrats. Second all hope you’ve applied for all the scholarships you can find in this Nigeria?
From scholarships sponsored by Shell or Chevron to the ones sponsored by Morning Fresh, apply for all of them.
If you can manage it, start a side hustle. It could be as simple as being a social media influencer or buying sunglasses from Balogun, packaging it and reselling.
Don’t start anything that won’t let you face your books o.
The last one is not for you but for your parents and guardians. Please dears go to class and read your books don’t waste the school fees they are paying.
There are certain life skills you need to survive Uni. You need to know how to lie and cry for when you forget to do your assignment and you’re begging your lecturer. You need to know how to wake up at 8:50 am and still make it to a 9 am class. Most importantly, you need to know how to cook, especially for the days when you need to stretch the last 2k in your account for two weeks. Here are the foodstuffs that will be essential for your survival in a Nigerian university, and eight meals you can prepare using them.
Foodstuff you should have as a Nigerian student
Instant Noodle aka Indomie
Spaghetti
Rice
Garri (Yellow or White)
Bean
Eggs
Plantain
Yam
Sweet Potatoes
Groundnut
Milk
Sugar
Grounded Pepper
Maggi
Salt
Curry
Thyme
8 Meals You Need To Know How To Cook To School In Nigeria
Indomie and everything
Indomie and corned beef, Indomie and sardine, Indomie and egg, Indomie and suya. If you are really skilled you can eat Indomie 7 times a week and it’ll taste new every time
Jollof spaghetti
You know that spaghetti you make with tin tomato onions and one pot. If you are feeling fancy you can add any other senrenre.
Concoction rice
It’s not Jollof, it’s not fried , It’s not coconut rice, no one is sure what it is but we love it like that.
Risky burger
This one doesn’t even require any skill buy your Agege bread and fry egg and combine the two. If you have extra money, add suya to your combo. Don’t forget to use your frying pan to toast the bread.
Eba and anything that resembles soup
It could be just stew, or you could buy 50 naira okra to combine with the stew or if na you dey cook pass you can even make some type of vegetable soup.
Almighty plantain
You can fry it you can boil it you can add beans to it and make plantain pottage.
Garri
There are two types of Garri you can make in Uni. When there’s still money in your pocket you add groundnut sugar and even milk. When there isn’t you have to learn how to make garri meant for one person to swell enough to feed three people.
Ogi/Akanmu/Pap
Please custard, cornflakes or oats is cost, those ones are reserved for the first week you get pocket money from your parents.
Make beans
All you need is one pot, small onions, tin tomato, and Maggi and you can make magic. When you are tired of eating the beans you can boil rice to join or eat it with bread or garri.
Egg stew
The beauty of egg stew is that it goes with anything, rice, bread, plantain, yam, anything.
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With NUTM’s commitment to advancing education in technology, entrepreneurship and design in Africa and the approval of the NUC, Nigerian University of Technology and Management is the place for you to prepare for your future.
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