ASUU Accuses VCs of Indiscriminate Recruitment into the University System
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused vice chancellors of federal universities of indiscriminate recruitment of staff into the university system.
In the process, the union says the vice chancellors had turned recruitment into federal universities into a constituency project.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, making the allegation on Tuesday, during the hero’s day celebration at the University of Uyo, said there was the need to stop the trend, to inject sanity to the system.
According to him, in the past six to ten years, no federal university has advertised vacancies, but have been loading the system with candidates from traditional rulers, state governors and politicians.
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The ASUU president said most of those being recruited have no business in the academic community.
The VC at UNIUYO, Prof Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, represented by Prof Ben Etuk, acknowledged ASUU’s role and contribution to better well-being among the university staff, urging the association to sustain its efforts.
ASUU in UNIUYO also released over N1.7 million to 15 indigent students of the university who excelled in their academics as it conferred heroes’ awards on worthy past leaders of the branch.
The honourees on the call include Dr Etop Ndiyo, Prof Desmond Wilson, Prof Edet Akpan, Prof Joseph Ushie, Prof Aniesua Essiet, and Prof Ashong Ashong.
Acting Chairperson of ASUU, UNIUYO, professor Opeyemi Olajide, noted that the financial rewards were to help push students found brilliant in their respective faculties to finish their courses of study on a high.
