Dr. Matthew Chiwaridzo, a Zimbabwean lecturer has declined the offer to be a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physiotherapy and Sports Science in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) over poor salary.
In a letter declining the offer, Dr. Chiwaridzo stated that KNUST’s annual salary offer of GHC55,104.05 (GHC4592/$760 per month) is not comparable to the basic salary of a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe which is ZWL1,293,708.00 per a year, thus $1,283 per month.
“Please note that I am currently in the Senior Lecturer grade (ZWL 1, 561 248.00 per annum; USD 1.500 per month) at the University of Zimbabwe by virtue of having a doctorate degree specialising in Physiotherapy, 35 publications, 2 awarded grant projects and 7 years of satisfactory teaching, industrialisation, innovation and research experience. It is for this economical reason alone that I decline the offer of employment at KNUST and will want to explore other opportunities”, Portions of the letter reads.
