{"id":57170,"date":"2024-11-28T05:52:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57170"},"modified":"2024-11-28T05:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:52:38","slug":"concerned-uniabuja-lecturers-decry-vc-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/28\/concerned-uniabuja-lecturers-decry-vc-selection-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned UniAbuja Lecturers   Decry VC Selection Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A group of concerned academics from the University of Abuja has petitioned the Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, alleging irregularities in the ongoing selection process for the university&#8217;s next Vice-Chancellor (VC).<\/p>\n<p>The petition, also addressed to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly leadership, accuses the governing council of lowering qualification standards to favor Professor Aisha Maikudi for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Federal guidelines mandate candidates must have at least ten years of experience as professors, but the petition claims the council introduced vague criteria in an advertisement published on August 26, 2024, circumventing the established requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners allege the move is part of a scheme led by former VC Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na\u2019Allah to repay a favor to Maikudi&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>They assert that such actions compromise fairness and transparency in the selection process, calling for strict adherence to federal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the controversy, Maikudi, in a letter dated November 6, 2024, raised her own concerns about governance under Chairman Kaita, echoing claims of partiality in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The academics urge the Minister to intervene, emphasizing that transparency in leadership appointments is vital to the university&#8217;s reputation and academic integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal A group of concerned academics from the University of Abuja has petitioned the Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, alleging irregularities in the ongoing selection process for the university&#8217;s next Vice-Chancellor (VC). The petition, also addressed to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly leadership, accuses the governing council of lowering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59,1673],"class_list":["post-57170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured","tag-uni-abuja"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57172,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57170\/revisions\/57172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}