Prof. Victor Anosa reveals that many retired Nigerian professors depend on their children for basic needs due to insufficient pensions.
In his recently published autobiography, My Life and Times: A Memoir, Professor Victor Anosa, a distinguished academic and professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan, sheds light on the financial struggles faced by retired professors in Nigeria.
He notes that many of his colleagues, after decades of service, find themselves depending on their children for survival due to inadequate pension support.
Prof. Anosa emphasizes that the current pension system fails to provide sufficient financial security for retired academics, leading to a situation where they must rely on their offspring for basic needs.
This dependency not only undermines the dignity of retired educators but also places additional financial burdens on their families.
The memoir calls attention to the broader issue of insufficient retirement benefits for academics in Nigeria, urging policymakers to reevaluate and reform the pension system to ensure that those who have dedicated their lives to education can retire with dignity and financial stability.
