Tension is rising at the University of Abuja over alleged moves to appoint an outsider as the new vice chancellor of the institution. The tenure of the current vice-chancellor, Professor Michael Adikwu, who was appointed in 2014, will expire on July 1, 2019. The lecturers are angry as they view this as an attempt to impose a vice chancellor that would do the chairman’s bidding. “The chairman singlehandedly picked Abubakar Kyari, Dofili and Anuma as members of the five-man selection committee so that he can get a vice chancellor that will do his bidding,” a concerned lecturer told the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja. The four candidates who were said to make the shortlist from the university are, Prof. M. Evwierhoma, Prof. E.J.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 20, 2019 18:22 UTC