There's No Going Back on the Sacked University Vice Chancellors - FG Insists

Posted by Samuel on Thu 18th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

The Nigerian government has declared that all the sacked University Vice Chancellors will not be reinstated in spite of protests.

Adamu Adamu

The Federal Government has said it will not reverse the decision to sack 13 Vice Chancellors appointed by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, The Nation reports.

It will be recalled that the government had last week announced the sacking of 12 VCs of federal universities as well as that of the National Open Universities of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Vincent Tenebe.

The decision, which has drawn protests from different groups and civil societies, has generated controversies within the academic circle.

But Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, at the flag off of the 2015/2016 annual school census in Abuja, reaffirmed the sacking of the VCs by the federal government.

Asked why the VC of NOUN Prof. Tenebe, whose tenure had not expired, was removed, the minister explained that he was removed because of the petitions against him.

He said: “Do you reverse government decision simply because somebody has criticized them? I don’t think there is any decision of government not going down well with everyone in the country.

“The ministry has received communications from some people who feel like this and we are looking at this.

“What I am saying is that they have already written to us. We are looking into their complaints. We will reply them."

Adamu said that all states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would be included in the school census.

He said that the exercise would aid educational planning, administration and inform decision making by government.