State university Vice Chancellors at risk of being sacked by governors, wives – Nwajiuba

Former Vice Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu- Alike, Professor Chinedu Nwajiuba has lamented the concern of Vice Chancellors successful Nigeria’s nationalist universities.

According to him, governors and their wives spot themselves arsenic masters to the Vice Chancellors.

He besides said that galore are processing precocious humor unit due to the fact that of Academic Staff of Universities Union, ASUU-related matters successful their institutions.

Professor Nwajiuba stated this connected Tuesday successful Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, portion delivering a lecture successful honour of Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, whose tenure arsenic Vice Chancellor of MOUAU is concluding by this weekend.

According to him, Vice Chancellors of State universities are astatine the hazard of having their appointments terminated by the governors if they consciousness that specified Vice Chancellor is not doing their bidding.

“It has go treacherous to beryllium a Vice Chancellor. For the VC of a State University, your maestro is the State Governor (sometimes his woman oregon children) who depending connected however helium feels whitethorn terminate your assignment and whitethorn hide that unit person to beryllium paid,” Nwajiuba said.

He commended Processor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe for fostering unity and bully narration with unit of the ...