– The Buhari-led government
relieves vice chancellors of 13 Nigerian universities from their duties
– The reason is not named,
but the replacements are listed in the official statement
– The development has already
caused controversy
President Muhammadu Buhari
has approved the replacement of 13 vice chancellors of Nigerian universities.
Twelve of them are federal ones, and Vincent Tenebe, the vice chancellor of the
National Open University, has also been relieved from his position. All these
institutions were established by the former president, Goodluck Jonathan.
The statement by Adamu Adamu,
the minister of education, does not give an explanation for the action, simply
announcing the appointment of new vice chancellors.
Apart from Tenebe, the
affected VCs are Mobolaji E. Aluko (Otuoke, Bayelsa), Jibril Amin (Dutse
Jigawa), James Ayatse (Dutsin-Ma, Katisina), Mohammed Farouk (Kashere, Gombe),
Ekanem Braide (Lafia, Nasarawa), Abdulmumini Rafindadi (Lokoja, Kogi), Oye
Ibidapo-Obe (Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi), Isaac Asuzu (Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti), Geoffrey
Okogbaa (Wukari, Taraba), Lawal Suleiman Bilbis (Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi), Ben
Chuks Okeke (Gusau, Zamfara) and Shehu Abdulrahman (Gasua, Zamfara).
Prof. Kayode Soremekun has
been named as the new vice chancellor of the Federal University,
Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti state.
Prof. Auwal Yadudu has been
named as the new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi
state.
Prof. Fatima Batoul Muktar is
the VC of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa state.
Prof. Haruna Abdu Kaita is
the new VC of Federal University, Dutsin Ma, Katsina state.
Prof. Andrew Haruna is the
new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, Yobe state.
Prof. Magaji Garba will now
act as vice chancellor in the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara state.
Prof. Alhassan Mohammed Gani
of the Institute of Maritime Studies, Federal University, Kashere in Gombe
state is the VC of same university.
A lecturer in the Department
of Physics, Federal University, Lafia, Prof. Muhammad Sanusi Liman will
henceforth be VC of same university.
Prof. Muhammad Sanusi Liman
will henceforth be VC of same university.
Prof. Angela Freeman Miri is
the new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja.
Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba has
been named as the new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Ndifu-Alike,
Ebonyi state.
Prof. Seth Accra Jaja of the
Department of Management, University of Port Harcourt is now the VC of Federal
University, Otuoke, Bayelsa state.
The development has caused
controversy, with a Nigerian human rights organisation, the Coalition of Civil
Society Groups (CCSG), demanding the reversal of the sacks. Due process was not
followed, the group maintained. The CCSG released a statement saying the action
contravenes the provisions of the universities as contained in the 2009 FGN
staff union agreement.
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