The
Federal Government will not reverse the recent sack of 13 Vice
Chancellors (VCs) despite the several protests trailing the decision,
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said.
Adamu,
who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a chat with newsmen
after flagging off the 2015/2016 annual school census exercise, said
mere protests would not force government to reverse the decision.
He
said, "Do you reverse government's decision simply because somebody has
protested? I don't think there is government decision that is not
everyone decision.
"We have gotten some presentations (on the sack) and we are looking at them."
Asked
on the possible legal tussle that may arise following claims that about
five out of the thirteen sacked VCs are yet to serve out their tenures
before the unceremonious removal, the minister said the government was
fully aware of such concerns.
"They have already written to us and we are looking at their complaints," Adamu said.
The
affected VCs who have not served out their tenures before the sack
include Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis of the Federal University,
Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Prof. Ben-Chuks Okeke, Federal
University,Gusau, Zamfara State and Professor Shehu AbdulRahman, Federal
University, Gashua, Yobe State.
Others
include Professor Isaac Asuzu of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti
State and Prof. Vincent Tenebe of the National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN).
It
would be recalled that various condemnations have trailed the sack of
the Vice Chancellors, with stakeholders raising concerns on
non-consultation with the institutions governing councils, violation of
the rule guiding the tenure of VCs as well as the breach of the
federal character principle in appointing replacement for the sacked
VCs.
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