Jigawa varsity defends termination of former lecturer’s appointment

The Federal University Dutse (FUD) has rejected allegations made by a erstwhile lecturer, Dr Ramla Muhammad Kamal, implicit the termination of her appointment, insisting that the substance is presently earlier the Federal High Court and that it volition abide by the court’s last decision.

In a connection issued by the acting Director of Public Relations, Abdullahi Yahaya Bello, the assemblage said Dr Kamal’s claims of breach of employment rights, defamation of quality and denial of just proceeding were unfounded, adding that each actions taken against her followed owed process.

The assemblage explained that Dr Kamal was employed connected May 25, 2018, arsenic a lecturer successful the Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences. It said she was granted support to proceed connected a two-year survey fellowship astatine Universiti Putra Malaysia nether a self-sponsored statement with salary.

According to the statement, she executed a Study Fellowship Bond requiring her to instrumentality to the assemblage and service for a prescribed play aft completing her programme.

FUD said it aboriginal approved an hold of her fellowship until November 10, 2022, but alleged that she failed to resume work aft the expiry of the approved period.

The assemblage stated that, pursuing a unit audit conducted successful 2024, Dr Kamal was formally requested to instrumentality to duty. Instead, it said she sought suspension of the ob...