“Many students are hungry on campus,” Redeemer’s University VC reportedly calls meeting to urge parents to improve students’ feeding
A Nigerian man has voiced his frustration over the country’s worsening economic crisis after the Vice Chancellor of Redeemer’s University reportedly appealed to parents during a virtual meeting to improve their children’s feeding due to rising hunger among students on campus.
The man, who goes by @Adheydayor on X (formerly Twitter), revealed that his sister is a student at the university.
According to him, the VC held a virtual session with parents and guardians, where he highlighted that many students were not eating well and were going hungry.
“Bruh, Nigeria is so bad that you should cry,” the man posted. “The VC hosted a call with parents/guardians and told them that their kids are hungry, they don’t feed well. Do you understand how bad it must be for a VC to bring this up as an issue?”
He further confirmed the situation, stating that several parents shared similar worries during the call. “I’m not joking. I was so sad after the call. The parents on the call kept complaining about how the economy is bad and campus food is too expensive,” he wrote.
He added, “Were they not feeding well on the expensive campus food before? The parents are helpless too.”
The post quickly gained traction online, with many Nigerians expressing shared concerns about the economic downturn, the rising cost of living, and its toll on students in private institutions.
Here are some notable reactions:
@Onsogbu: “So government will feed them in a private university abi?”
@Ybnl_comedian: “Person go dey go Redeemer’s University and still dey pay for food lol. So what’s the benefit of all the tithes and offerings?”
@ONyerho: “RUN is not serious. How will they feed well when students aren’t allowed to cook? Food was already expensive there 8–9 years ago.”
@okekecc: “My neighbor stopped buying water and installed a filter on her tap. She has one daughter in the UK, one at Nile University, and one fresh out of secondary school.”
@dmayornoni: “Parents are coming out of retirement just to survive. They’re picking up consulting gigs to take care of themselves and their kids. Pensions aren’t helping anymore.”
@KenKings317800: “Yorubas are the only people defending this demonic government. Let it be documented. They never stood for good governance in our nation’s history.”
@ComedyClinix: “The lowest tuition fee at Redeemer’s is ₦587k for CRS. If a parent can afford that, they should be able to feed their child properly.”
@Iwillbecandid: “Private university o, not government. We’re all playing dumb. By the time Tinubu is done with us, we’ll only have particles left to decide what to do with.”
