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Kano varsity lecturers demand removal of ABU VC, reject appointment of VC

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"NYpW9PDy" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"yatrEGG6" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Academic Staff Union of Universities &lpar;ASUU&rpar;&comma; Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education &lpar;YUMSFUEK&rpar;&comma; branch has demanded immediate removal of Chairman&comma; Governing Council of the institution&comma; Professor Ahmad Adamu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The university lecturers argued that the dual role of Professor Adamu who currently serves as Vice Chancellor&comma; Ahmadu Bello university Zaria and Chairman YUMSFUEK Governing Council constitutes glaring conflict of interest&comma; and stagnating the transition process of Kano varsity&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"2xIn6d0b" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Besides&comma; ASUU reject alleged plan by the university&&num;8217&semi;s council to appoint new Vice Chancellor&comma; without due process and subsequently reposition Dr&period; Sadi Mohammed Sirajo as acting Deputy Vice Chancellor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ASUU made the demand in a petition jointly signed by its Chairman&comma; Dr&period; Bashir Ibrahim and five other members&comma; addressed to Minister of Education&comma; Dr&period; Marauf Tunji Alausa and made available to journalists on Sunday in Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the petition&comma; ASUU alleged that the Governing Council has violated statutory provisions of the University Act and acting in bad faith to impose a predetermined candidate as VC&comma; after the expiration of Dr&period; Said Mohammed Sirajo&&num;8217&semi;s tenure four months ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The entire process was a charade orchestrated by a compromised Governing Council that deliberately excluded critical stakeholders&comma; violated statutory provisions&comma; and acted in bad faith to impose a predetermined candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8221&semi; First the council is incomplete and illegitimate&comma; as it deliberately excluded statutory members representing the University Senate&comma; Congregation&comma; and Convocation—a gross violation of the Federal Universities &lpar;Miscellaneous Provisions&rpar; Act &lpar;as amended&rpar;&period; This Act mandates that the Council must include representatives from these critical bodies to ensure fairness&comma; transparency&comma; and stakeholder inclusion in university governance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The deliberate refusal to appoint these representatives exposes a sinister agenda to truncate the upgrading and transition of the institution to a university&comma; manipulate the VC selection process&comma; rendering all decisions taken by the Council null and void&&num;8221&semi;&period; ASUU arged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the position of the ABU VC&comma; the university lecturers submitted&comma; &&num;8221&semi; The Chairman of the Governing Council&comma; who currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University &lpar;ABU&rpar;&comma; Zaria&comma; has demonstrated a clear lack of competence&comma; foresight&comma; and impartiality in governing YUMSFUEK’s affairs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;His dual role constitutes a glaring conflict of interest&comma; as his primary loyalty remains with ABU&comma; not YUMSFUEK&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Under his leadership&comma; the Council has operated with secrecy&comma; bias&comma; and a complete disregard for due process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;His lopsided administration has entrenched divisions&comma; sidelined dissenting voices&comma; and facilitated the imposition of his favoured candidate as VC&period; His continued chairmanship is a direct threat to the stability and progress of YUMSFUEK&comma; and he must be relieved immediately&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The petition accused the outgoing Acting VC&comma; Dr&period; Sirajo of exceeding his legal tenure&comma; and obstructed the university’s upgrade as well as misleading the Council and suppressing progress&period; ASUU alleged that Dr&period; Sirajo is prepared to victimize some members and deny them rights and privilege for opposing his continued stay in office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In their demands&comma; ASUU wanted reconstitution of the Council with consideration of all statutory members include representatives of the Senate&comma; Congregation&comma; host community&comma; and<br &sol;>&NewLine;alumni&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They also urged the Federal government to probe all the fraudulent process in the university with appropriate sanctions to those involved and direct restoration of all withheld promotion&comma; allowances and other entitlements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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