The selection process was already ongoing before reports emerged in some sections of the media that there has been disquiet in several quarters over the procedure for the selection of a new vice Chancellor.
This development led to the exercise being suspended as an invitation was extended to all Council Members to appear before the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja unfailingly Wednesday, the 22nd day of April 2021.
The suspension letter which was communicated to all members of the council and the Senate selection board was signed by the Registrar/Secretary to Council, Monday Danjem.
Reacting to the development, the staff and students’ unions of the university staged a protest, saying that the selection process which has already gone far should not be interfered with for the sake of peace and tranquillity of the institution.
LAUTECH Senior Workers Reject Sacking Of Vice Chancellor By Governor Makinde
The governor, on Friday, directed the VC to step aside until further notice in a statement through the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 19, 2021
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Branch, Ogbomoso chapter has rejected Governor Seyi Makinde’s order that its Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Michael Ologunde should step down.
The governor, on Friday, directed the VC to step aside until further notice in a statement through the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye.
Babajide Agbeyo
Updated April 19, 2021
Some workers of the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti converged at the school to protest the non-payment of their salaries on April 19, 2021.
Lecturers and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at the Ekiti State University have occupied the campus to press home their pending demands from the state government and the university management.
The protesters occupied the university on Monday causing a standstill of traffic and activities on campus for over two hours.
They were singing solidarity songs and vowed to increase the intensity of the protest day by day.
The unions are aggrieved that the state government has not met their demands for payment of three months’ salary arrears dated 2018, six years of earned academic allowances and unremitted cooperative deductions among other demands.
Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, January 2021
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Burkina Faso
07 January 2021: In Koumbri department, Yatenga province, a teacher was abducted by suspected volunteer fighters (VDP) from inside an IDP camp. Source: ACLED
Cameroon
01 or 02 January 2021: In Ouzal locality, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North province, unidentified perpetrators believed to be Boko Haram killed a teacher and two civilians, and looted several houses. Sources: ACLED1 and L’Oeil du Sahel
07 January 2021: Around Mulang area, Bamenda town, Mezam department, Northwest province, suspected Ambazonian fighters stopped a car, sending away the driver and abducting six or seven students who were in the vehicle on their way to the University of Bamenda. Sources: ACLED1 and Mimi Mefo Info