Senior professors at the University of Abuja, on Tuesday, protested what they described as a “flawed” process for the appointment of the new Vice Chancellor of the institution.
The institution has been enmeshed in crisis following the exit of the immediate past VC, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah on July 1.
Na’Allah before his exit as VC commenced the process for the appointment of his successor.
Though Na’Allah handed over to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor academics, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, a law professor, in an acting capacity, there has been brewing tension in the institution as certain stakeholders insisted that Maikudi did not have enough years of qualification as a professor to attain such height.
Recently, Maikudi, in a letter to the Minister of Education through the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), dated November 6, 2024, raised concerns over the governance of the school, alleging that a series of actions taken, under the leadership of the council, had the potential of seriously impinging good governance, stability and progress of the University of Abuja.
Maikudi said the conduct of the council was making it impossible to have a smooth relationship with the school management under her leadership.
