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Abducted UNIJOS Lecturer Released

ACNN ADMIN — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:50:36 +0000

A senior lecturer with the University of Jos, Dr Dan Ella, who was kidnapped by gunmen has regained his freedom.

It was learnt that Ella was picked up on Thursday night along Jos-Bauchi Road after his abductors released him.

The University don with the Department of Theatre Arts in the institution was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday by gunmen who attacked his residence located near Haske quarters in Lamingo community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state.

The Chairman of the University of Jos branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr Lazarus Maigoro confirmed Ella’s release to our Correspondent in Jos on Friday.

The ASUU Chairman said, “I can confirm to you that our abducted colleague has been released and we thank God for regaining his freedom.

“But we are not happy over what is happening because this is the 4th time our colleague was abducted within this year.

“There have been security meetings and yet these abductions kept on happening. Early this year, one staff was kidnapped right inside the University quarters and those who are resident outside the quarters are not safe either. How do you explain this kind of situation?”

He called on the authorities to find a solution to the problem and stop the further abduction of lecturers in the University.

Source: Punch

ASUU Asks UNIJOS Lecturers To Boycott Postgraduate Programmes

ACNN ADMIN — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:03:12 +0000

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has ordered its members at the University of Jos, Plateau State, to withdraw all forms of participation in all Postgraduate programmes in the institution.

Findings show that the order followed the alleged refusal of the University management to honour a Memorandum of Understanding it reached with members of ASUU on the sharing formula for non-NUC funded programmes run by the institution.

The Chairman of the ASUU branch of the University, Dr Lazarus Maigoro told the media in Jos on Wednesday that a copy of a letter directing its members not to participate in any postgraduate programmes of the institution had been sent to the Pro-chancellor of the University and chairman of Council, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The letter dated June 7, 2021, and copied to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, all principal officers, Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Head of Departments, was obtained by the media in Jos on Wednesday.

Part of the letter which was signed by the ASUU Chairman read, “Our union wishes to inform you that our National Executive Council, at its meeting on Thursday 27th May 2021 held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, approved the request of our branch to withdraw all services from PG programmes from 20th June 2021.

“The above approval was granted due to the refusal of the University administration to implement the Council approved 2016 PG sharing formula to take care of payments for teaching PG courses, and release faculty and departmental shares which is a product of the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding our union signed with the University administration.

“Our members will not participate in teaching and supervision (Thesis, dissertations, examinations, seminars, defence of any kind whether at PG school, faculties, departments, etc.)

“All members are hereby directed to comply as sanctions shall apply to any violator. Our monitoring committee shall keep strict vigil to ensure compliance towards the attainment of the resolution of this critical welfare concerning our members.”

Efforts to get the management of the University of Jos to react to the order by ASUU proved abortive as several calls put across to the mobile phone of the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications, Abdullahi Abdullahi, returned unanswered.

A text message sent to his mobile phone by our correspondent was yet to be replied to as of the time of filing this report.