A blog post has gone viral with the claim that Dr Bisi in the Faculty of Arts, rewarded ten students with 100 dollars each for showing up in his first class since the suspension of the eight-month-old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The report which stirred reactions was shared on the Facebook pages of news blogs and has since garnered over 6,900 likes, more than 900 comments and 69 shares as of Saturday, October 29, 2022.
This claim is False, here is what we know …
The UI lecturer, Dr Bisi Olawuyi, debunked the claim via his Twitter handle, @bisiolawuyi after the report went viral on social media.
He that it is not in any way true and begged the public to kindly disregard the story.
When contacted for further clarification, Dr Bisi said that the show of dollar notes was a prank by his students to get other students who were not present to come to the class.
Conclusion
The claim that the UI lecturer, Dr Bisi Olawuyi, rewarded ten students with $100 each for attending his class is FALSE.
