Dear Visitor,
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Perhaps we are only scratching the surface of a much deeper institutional crisis, as suggested by the damning revelations against the commissioner-designate, Dr. Orgunga. These developments hint at a more entrenched rot within the university you oversee as Visitor—one that demands urgent attention and courageous inquiry.
Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, (MOAUM) holds immense potential. With the right leadership and commitment to best practices and international academic standards, it can rise to become a model institution—an intellectual beacon comparable to world-renowned universities. But this transformation rests in the hands of bold and responsible stakeholders like you, who must act with uncommon courage and integrity.
Recent developments have revealed systemic issues that threaten the credibility, integrity, and future of this institution. These include:
1. Student victimisation and intimidation.
2. Poor documentation and management of academic records.
3. Lack of effective checks and balances within departments.
4. Weak or non-existent peer review mechanisms for lecturers.
5. Poor inter-departmental information sharing and collaboration.
6. Absence of peer-reviewed exam marking and grading processes.
7. No formal student–lecturer relationship policy to define rights and responsibilities. This gap encourages misconduct and lecturer impunity.
8. Lack of structures for resolving academic conflicts and mismanagement of student–lecturer dynamics.
9. No performance appraisal systems to evaluate lecturer effectiveness.
10. Inadequate policies and mechanisms for addressing complaints, especially regarding missing scripts, delayed results, or unresolved academic disputes.
These are just some of the issues made glaringly visible in the public outcry surrounding a lecturer’s alleged misconduct. If left unaddressed, such weaknesses could erode public trust, damage the university’s reputation, and compromise the quality of graduates it produces.
Moses Adasu University confers degrees not only for learning but also for character. Yet, when the institution itself fails to uphold the moral standards it claims to assess, its authority to judge character comes into serious question. Justice, they say, must begin at home.
Recommendations
1. Commission an independent audit of academic and administrative processes across all departments to identify gaps and systemic failures.
2. Establish a Student–Lecturer Conduct and Ethics Policy, clearly outlining boundaries, rights, responsibilities, and sanctions for misconduct on either side.
3. Set up a Quality Assurance and Monitoring Unit to enforce peer review of lectures, exams, grading, and general academic performance.
4. Digitise academic records and deploy secure systems for student information management, with real-time access and tracking capabilities.
5. Introduce a grievance redress system—an independent complaints board where students can report academic injustice without fear of victimisation.
6. Institutionalise lecturer appraisal systems, including feedback from students, peer evaluations, and performance-based incentives or sanctions.
7. Conduct regular training on ethics and pedagogy for lecturers to build both professional competence and moral accountability.
8. Ensure transparency and accountability in all academic assessments, with third-party moderation for high-stakes exams.
9. Review and update academic policies in line with global best practices and local legal frameworks.
10. Promote a culture of whistleblowing and reward those who expose academic corruption, while protecting them from retaliation.
Your Excellency, the Visitor, this moment demands more than passive observation. It requires vision, responsibility, and fearless leadership. If this university must produce leaders of tomorrow, it must first purge itself of the quiet decay within. A university that cannot defend the dignity of its students or hold its staff accountable risks becoming a mere certificate factory—churning out paper degrees unanchored in either knowledge or character.
We are at a crossroads. The future of Moses Adasu University and the credibility of higher education in Benue lie in the choices you make now.
May you rise to this defining moment.
Respectfully,
Kugia U. Kwande
The Ghost of Benue
Kugia U. Kwande, whose real name is Tersoo Samson Akula, is an Abuja-based development worker from Kwande local government area of Benue State.
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