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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) are at loggerheads with Tahir Mamman, the minister of education. ASUU rejected an advertisement it claimed the minister had approved to seek the successor of the university’s vice-chancellor (VC).

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) are at loggerheads with Tahir Mamman, the minister of education. ASUU rejected an advertisement it claimed the minister had approved to seek the successor of the university’s vice-chancellor (VC). An advertorial surfaced in a national daily on March 15 seeking a replacement for Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, the immediate VC of UniAbuja.

ASUU members, in a conference on Thursday, rejected the ad, declared it “illegal”, and stated that it was not from the governing council. Sylvanus Ugoh, chairman of UniAbuja ASUU, said the Universities Miscellaneous Provision Act 1993 as amended, 2003, and 2012 (section 3 subsections 1 and 2) empowers only the governing council to advertise the VC’s seat when declared vacant. He argued that no other organ or individual is legally vested with the power to initiate the procedure of appointing a successive V

 

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