By Timothy Nwobodo

Lecturers in some departments have not submitted their first semester results for the 2022/2023 Academic session in ESUT, it has been revealed.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Chike Nwoha made the revelation in an interview with ESUT Monitor Newspaper in Enugu

Prof Nwoha who said that two unnamed departments have been found culpable, added that the management is working out stringent measures to compel lecturers to adhere to the rules guiding their conducts in the university.

The former Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences said that despite the decision to withhold the salaries of those found wanting, the management is considering coming up with more drastic measures including suspension of affected lecturers as last option.

Prof Nwoha who is the head of a committee saddled with the responsibility of taking records of numbers of results submitted by lecturers in each department and faculty, added that the current leadership of the university under the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie will leave not stones unturned in ensuring professionalism, probity and accountability is revived in the institution.

“I think my concern is on the issue of non-submission of results, that’s the committee I’m heading,” Prof Nwoha started.

“There are people (lecturers) who struggle for courses, but when it’s time to submit results, you will start looking for them. Can you imagine that somebody has not submitted first semester result in about two Departments? Even the ones we made some corrections and told them to go and reprint, you won’t see them again. They’ll just take it that since you’ve marked, that is all.

“Some we have given two weeks, in some cases three weeks or even one month to resubmit results. Council frowned at delay in submission of results.

“Report we have is that parents are complaining that they’re not seeing the results of their wards. We gave them deadline to submit these results. We even told them that if you don’t submit your results, you won’t get your salary. Because of that, the VC now told the committee to compile the list of lecturers and departments that have not submitted.

“We compiled the list and submitted to the VC and he had to withhold their salaries.

“We are considering other measures to curtail the issue and the next measure could be suspension of the affected lecturers”, the DVC said.

The Management of the institution is working round the clock to also ensure swift and smooth implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards, CCMAS with effect from the current session.