Some professors at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have petitioned Nigeria’s Education Minister, Tunji Alausa, to overturn what they described as “illegal” appointment of an acting registrar by the institution’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Lanre Tejuoso. The petitioners are Professors Gambo Dan’Asabe and Murtadha Oluyemi Badmus; Yunus Momoh, Mansur Kani, and Binta Dabai, all PhD certificate holders. Earlier on Monday, 12 May, the university, in a statement issued by the acting Vice-Chancellor, Patricia Lar, announced the appointment of Roseline Adakayi as the acting registrar for six months. According to the statement, Mrs Adakayi’s…
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