A lecturer in the Faculty of Education of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State has died after he slumped in his office.
Dr. Ayo Ojediran was reportedly rushed to the institution’s clinic immediately he slumped on Tuesday, but he died.
In an interview with the PUNCH Online on Wednesday, the President, Faculty of Education Students Association of Nigeria, Victor Adesokan, said he was with Ojediran the night before his death.
According to him, the deceased, whom he described as a father, complained of headache, adding that the lecturer appeared very weak.
Adesokan, who complained of inadequate academic personnel in the faculty, noted that Ojediran’s demise was the fourth death among the lecturers in the faculty in the outgoing year, and called for recruitment of more hands to ease the burden of the current staff members.
He said, “On Monday night, he complained of headache and stress. We told him to rest. They (lecturers) have too much workload on them. The school needs to recruit more lecturers most especially that Faculty of Education.
“For example, a lecturer that is supposed to be a level adviser will now be doing the work of 6 to 7 lecturers.
“Throughout last week, they couldn’t rest, all of them almost 70 percent of them. This is the fourth death that will be recorded this year in that faculty. Government and the school management should stop wasting our lecturers’ lives.”