The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has revealed that it has concluded plans to sanction its members in the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), particularly the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Nnenna Otti over the ‘illegal’ promotion of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami which was reported last year.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union, made this decision public during a press conference by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke held in Lagos on Monday. He declared that promoting the minister to a professor was illegal.
According to ASUU, it is impossible to be a minister and a lecturer at the same time, describing the promotion as encouragement of illegality.
The union gave Pantami the option of quitting his job as a minister, saying he is currently not qualified to be treated as a professor.
He said, ‘You cannot be a minister and a lecturer in a university. It is an encouragement of illegality.
‘Pantami has to quit as a minister and be tried for doing double jobs within the same federal system. He is not qualified. Pantami should not be treated as a professor.
‘We have resolved to sanction ASUU members involved in his promotion and the VC of FUTO.’
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has sometime last year announced the promotion of Pantami as a Professor of Cyber security, a move which sparked national outrage.
The current Vice Chancellor of the insitution, Prof Nnenna Oti had last year assumed position as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution after she succeeded the former Vice-chancellor, Prof. Francis Eze who left office in June after serving for 5 years.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
