BREAKING (UNIABUJA): ASUU BEGINS INDEFINITE STRIKE
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ branch at the University of Abuja has started an indefinite strike to raise awareness of events that affect the union.
At the conclusion of its congress, which was held at the institution’s permanent site on Thursday, the union declared its intention to go on strike.
Members of the UniAbuja ASUU have been at odds with Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, and Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’allah, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, on the procedures for selecting a new VC.
On March 15, 2024, an advertisement was published in a national daily requesting a substitute for Na’Allah.
However, ASUU members, in a conference, rejected the ad, declared it “illegal,” and stated that it was not from the governing council.
The Chairman, UniAbuja ASUU, Sylvanus Ugoh, 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 VC.
“You will recall that the university administration placed an advert on the vacancy of the post of a Vice-Chancellor on Friday 15th March 2024,” Ugoh had said.
Details later…
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