Affected by the sack is the Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, Professor Vincent Tenebe. This was made known in a statement that was made available to journalists by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja, on Saturday.
The statement simply said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the appointment of new Vice Chancellors for the Universities and no further reason was given for the action.
According to the statement, the following are the new appointments: Prof. Kayode Soremekun of the University of Ife, who was said to be on Sabbatical in NOUN is the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State has Prof. Auwal Yadudu of Bayero University, Kano as its new VC. Prof. Fatima Batoul Muktar of the North West University, Kano is the VC of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.
Prof. Haruna Abdu Kaita, a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is the new VC of Federal University, Dutsin Ma, Katsina State. The lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, ABU, Zaria, Prof. Magaji Garba, will now be VC in Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
Prof. Andrew Haruna of the University of Jos will now function as VC, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State. Prof. Alhassan Mohammed Gani a lecturer in the institute of maritime studies of the Federal University, Kashere in Gombe State has become the new VC of the same University.
Prof. Muhammad Sanusi Liman of the Department of Physics, Federal University, Lafia, Nassarawa was elevated to the office of VC of same institution. Prof. Angela Freeman Miri of the University of Jos, assumes her new portfolio as the new VC of Federal University, Lokoja.
The Federal University, Ndifu-Alike, Ebonyi State now has Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba of the Post-Graduate School, Imo State University, Owerri as its VC. Professor Seth Accra Jaja of the University of Port Harcourt is now the VC of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
A human rights organisation, Coalition of Civil Society Groups has protested against the sack in a letter to the president, demanding the reversal of the decision in which the NOUN VC was replaced with Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu of the Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano. The substantive
The substantive Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Prof. Mohammed Kundiri, was transferred to the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State. The CCSG in its protest letter to Buhari signed by its president, Etuk Bassey Williams and the secretary-general Ibrahim Abubakar, said it disagreed with sweeping replacements.
The statement read: “pursuant to the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No.11 of 1993 (as amended) by decree No.25, 1996 and further amended in 2003 and 2012 respectively and other agreements as contained in the 2009 FGN staff union agreement, we are in total disagreement with the recent sacking of 13 Vice-Chancellors by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.”
“While this does not come as a surprise owing to the influence of one of the Special Advisers to the Minister of Education in orchestrating the appointments of his friends and cronies without following due process, we are however concerned about the constitutional breach and the resultant litigation battle this action may cause, which in turn may generate unnecessary distractions to your focused administration,” the coalition noted.
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