The Secretary-General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC), Michael Faborode, has said some of his colleagues reportedly removed Saturday were not sacked but that their tenures would expire on Feb. 15.
Mr. Faborode
, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said that it would not be fair to say that nine of the 12 vice-chancellors were sacked.
Reports
had indicated that the Federal Government had sacked the Vice
Chancellors of 12 Federal Universities that were established by the
administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
The report added that the Vice-Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) was also sacked.
The
affected universities are: Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State,
Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, Federal University, Kashere,
Gombe State and Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State.
Others
are Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Federal University,
Dutse, Jigawa State, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Federal
University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State and Federal University, Oye-Ekiti,
Ekiti State.
Also affected are Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State and Federal University, Kebbi.
But Mr. Faborode of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors said, “The tenure of the vice-chancellors of nine of these universities expires on Feb. 15.
“It
will be unfair to say that they were sacked; they have exhausted their
tenure; when your tenure is not renewed; it does not mean you are
sacked.
“I do not know the reasons why the vice-chancellors of the other three universities were affected,’’ Mr. Faborode said.
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