By Chioma Obinna
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and its affiliates on Thursday demanded the application of merit and extant laws in the selection of the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, vowing to resist any move to disenfranchise any qualified person including medical doctors with fellowship through lawful and legal means.
The medical doctors, however, appealed to the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to immediately announce any of the three finalists in the second selection process as the ninth Vice-Chancellor of the University.
It could be recalled that following the Lagos State Governor had ordered fresh selection for final selection of the Vice-Chancellor of LASU following petitions from some people within the University.
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On the background of the security situation in the country, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem, said that the university management is working hard to ensure that members of the university community are given adequate protection by engaging more security personnel.
Speaking with journalists after breaking Ramadan fast with them in Ilorin, the Vice-Chancellor also said that the university has improved its security architecture and increased security personnel on the campus to address current security challenges in the country.
Prof Abdulkareem, who described the spate of kidnapping and insecurity in the country as worrisome, said that the university planned to engage more security personnel as staff, as some of them are already nearing retirement age.
Ondo varsity non-teaching unions suspend strike
The unions embarked on a strike over the non-payment of salaries and other issues
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The non-teaching staff unions of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, have suspended their five weeks-old strike over non-payment of salaries and unremitted pension deductions.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions are: Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) under the umbrella of the Joint Action Congress (JAC) of the institution.
The suspension notice was contained in a communique jointly signed by Temidayo Temola, Peter Akindehinde, and Bobola Bamigbola for SSANU, NASU, and NAAT respectively and made available to journalists on Sunday in Okitipupa.
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The Federal University, Oye, Ekiti is one of the 11 institutions established by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, just one year after taking over the top seat in the land following the demise of Musa Yar’Adua.
The Federal University, Dutsin-Ma in Katsina, The Federal University Lokoja, Kogi, Federal University, Otuoke, and the Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa, among others, are some of the institutions established during that period by Jonathan.
While these institutions have been able to manage their internal issues fairly, FUOYE has exposed itself to the world with continuous battles among its top management, with the latest being the removal or sack or termination of appointment, or whatever name you may be comfortable with, of its registrar, Olatunbosun Odusanya.
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