Despite bank offer, lady shares how she accidentally became Edo State University lecturer

• An Edo State University lecturer has said she would not person believed it if anyone had told her she would extremity up arsenic a lecturer, arsenic she ne'er saw herself becoming one
• After graduating astatine the apical of her section successful 2019, the lecturer said she got a occupation connection from the slope and her assemblage connected the time of her convocation
• She recounted what radical advised her astir choosing the slope connection and going for the lecturing role

Victoria Oriwoh, a lecturer astatine Edo State University, Uzairue, has opened up astir however she accidentally became an world astatine the authorities varsity.

According to Victoria, she ne'er saw herself becoming a lecturer and would person laughed it disconnected if idiosyncratic had told her earlier that she would go one.

A Nigerian lecturer says she ne'er wanted to beryllium one. Photo Credit: @ebose_v19
Source: TikTok

How Edo State University lecturer became one

In a video posted connected TikTok, Victoria said she bagged a first-class grade successful 2019 and finished arsenic the champion graduating pupil successful the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

On her convocation day, Victoria said she got 2 occupation offers: One from her assemblage and 1 from a bank.

She said she settled for the lecturing occupation arsenic people had advised her to spell with it, citing that it would spend her clip to bash different things and adjacent instrumentality different job.

Victoria, who has a master's grade successful Political Science and International Relations, noted that she resumed her lecturing occupation a fewer months aft her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

On whether she regrets her choice, looking back, Victoria said she doesn't. Her relationship successful the video read:

"If anyone had told maine that I'd go a Nigerian lecturer (laughs), I'd person laughed truthful large and told the idiosyncratic to spell and imagination again."Because, lecturer who? Lecturer how? Lecturer for where? I never, ever, ever saw myself arsenic a lecturer successful this life, speech much of a Nigerian lecturer."But fto maine gist you guys astir however it each happened. So, I finished my archetypal grade successful 2019 from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and I graduated with a archetypal people and I was besides the champion graduating pupil successful my department, I know, I know. Anyways, connected my convocation day, I got 2 occupation offers: got 1 from the slope and I got the different from my uni."Guess which 1 I wanted to spell with? The bank. I benignant of associated slope enactment with brushed life, classy miss surviving and I truly didn't spot that successful lecturing oregon academia. However, everyone astir me, virtually everyone turned themselves to vocation counsellors and they advised maine to spell with lecturing."They said with lecturing, I was going to person clip to bash different things, with lecturing, I tin determine to further my education, you know, gain salary. See, the main statement was with lecturing job, determination would beryllium clip for different things."...I listened and I went with lecturing. So, fewer months aft my NYSC, I resumed my lecturing occupation - That's successful December 2020. When I resumed, I had to understudy a elder workfellow to spot however she conducts her class, however she teaches and I retrieve the archetypal time I had to behaviour and thatch a people alone. My God, mmm, mmm, it was crazy, but that's a gist for different day..."But yeah, it is astir 5 years present that I've been lecturing. Do I regret it? No. Do I privation I went with the bank? I shall reply that question different day. "Quick disclaimer: This is not the regular mode to get a lecturing occupation successful Nigeria..."

A woman says she ne'er wanted to beryllium a lecturer. Photo Credit: @ebose_v19
Source: TikTok

Watch her video below:

Lecturer's mentation elicits reactions online

Legit.ng has compiled immoderate reactions to the lecturer's communicative below:

Goddy said:

"I person ever been passionate astir lecturing, but I chose banking, and present americium successful the nationalist sector. I volition beryllium done with my PhD by November 2025. Am decidedly coming backmost to lecturing, determination is truthful overmuch to interaction now!!!"

Latifah Efua A. (Author) 🖊✨️ said:

"Na truthful dem prevarication springiness me. Time for different things 😒😒😒😒 But determination are immoderate bully days. na the wahala beryllium that."

Travini said:

"Our erstwhile HOD,now commissioner of acquisition Akwa ibom authorities erstwhile told america Wen we were successful twelvemonth 4 however helium near his occupation astatine mobile successful 06 to go a lecturer successful our section the aforesaid section helium graduated from Imagine resigning from a 600k wage occupation backmost successful 2006?"

Rising Sun Africa said:

"My dear, truthful blessed for you..👏👏 but you are precisely the benignant we are looking for to spell into progressive politics..pls prime rank of a governmental enactment oregon commencement 1 and alteration the presumption quo..pls don't discarded the 1st class."

J.A Otsupius said:

"Okay fto maine instrumentality notes. Step 1. Graduate with a archetypal people Step 2. Be the champion graduating pupil Step 3. Get 2 occupation offers Step 4. Pick lecturing."

Amazing Perfums NG said:

"You volition decidedly person clip for different things. I'm a lecturer successful a authorities polytechnic and into business. wholesales perfume. truthful chill to beryllium a lecturer."

divineefosa said:

"I proposal you to spell with the slope ooooo🙄. You didn't listen."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported however a young woman became a lecturer astatine Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT).

Young Nigerian lecturer goes viral

Meanwhile, Legit.ng antecedently reported that a 21-year-old lady who lectures successful a ample people astatine a authorities assemblage had go a viral sensation online.

In a video posted connected TikTok, the lecturer expressed pridefulness successful her lecturing concern and that she is doing it successful her aboriginal twenties.

Her video showed 1 specified juncture wherever she lectured a ample people containing galore students. The lecturer's video sent netizens into a frenzy.

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