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Varsity workers want corrupt Vice Chancellors prosecuted

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) wants Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities accused of corruption arrested and prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to justify the current fight against corruption by the federal government.




The union also said it does not make sense to allow such Vice Chancellors to remain in office while being prosecuted, pointing out that if judges accused of corruption can be asked to step down, there was no reason to allow the Vice Chancellors to remain in office.

In a communique at the end of  its National Executive Council meeting, the union said it will amount to double standard on the side of the Federal government if judges and other Nigerians accused of corruption would be arrested and prosecuted, while Vice Chancellors accused of corruption are allowed to remain and even preside over convocations.

In the communique signed by the National President, Comrade Samson Chijioke Ugwoke and the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Salaam Abdussobur, the union said that its members who expose alleged corrupt practices of some Vice Chancellors were being harassed and suspended while the government has kept mute without taking appropriate actions.

The union “observed with great worry, the increasing corruption and the consequent intimidation, harassment and victimization of whistle-blowers who expose the rot and decadence in our Universities.”
“NEC wondered why Vice-Chancellors who are facing criminal prosecutions in competent courts, sit-tight in office as in the cases of the Federal University of Technology, Akure and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, where the Vice-Chancellors of both Universities continue to superintend over the affairs and budgets of the Universities, with the active connivance of their Governing Councils.
“The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja has convened an illegal meeting of Council outside his power, since he is not a Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council. NEC concludes that the Federal Government appears to be encouraging the same corruption it proclaims to fight, with the continued stay in office of these Vice-Chancellors, who host convocation ceremonies, hold Council meetings and take actions that put a moral question on the anti-corruption stance of the Federal Government.
“Further, Government appears to be operating double standard, if it could insist on the stepping down of Judges being prosecuted for criminal offences, while Vice- Chancellors are allowed to continue to run amok in Universities.
“NEC further observed that the level of sleaze in our Universities will remain unchecked, if Government does not take firm and decisive steps to nip it in bud. NEC therefore advises the Government to act decisively and concretely on the growing tide of corruption in our Ivory Towers.
“If Government is indeed convinced and determined to stem the tide of corruption in Nigeria, the University system must not be immune from its searchlight. If we are to bequeath our future generations an incorruptible legacy, then our Universities and Institutions of learning must be monitored closely,” the union  stated.
The union expressed concern over the delay in reconstituting Governing Councils of federal universities whose tenure has expired, pointing out the performance of many of the governing councils left much to be desired.

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