{"id":346366,"date":"2024-11-21T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=346366"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:23:00","slug":"tinubu-didnt-authorise-my-dismissal-sacked-unizik-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/21\/tinubu-didnt-authorise-my-dismissal-sacked-unizik-vc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu didn&#8217;t authorise my dismissal \u2013 Sacked UNIZIK VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Questions why letter wasn&#8217;t authorise by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Odoh claimed that the ministry was engaging in an alleged usurpation of powers<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bernard Odoh has broken his silence on his removal from office as the vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) in Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Odoh had emerged as the seventh substantive vice-chancellor of the university on 29 October.<\/p>\n<p>However, his appointment, recruitment processes and academic profile were greeted by controversies which prompted his dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that President Bola Tinubu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/20\/tinubu-removes-unizik-vice-chancellor-dissolves-governing-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sacked<\/a> Odoh as the university\u2019s vice-chancellor on Wednesday, 20th of November.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also dissolved the university\u2019s Governing Council for \u201cillegally\u201d appointing \u201can unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to Mr Tinubu on Information and Strategy, announced the dissolution in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Federal Ministry of Education\u2019s press and public relations unit, Boriowo Folashade also announced the sacking of the vice-chancellor and the dissolution of the institution\u2019s Governing Council in a separate statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>But, reacting in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Charles Otu, Mr Odoh suggested that Mr Tinubu did not authorise his removal and the dissolution of the Governing Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, the greatest question mark on the integrity of the purported letter is the fact that it never emanated from the President or Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation who issued the council members with appointment letters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was rather strangely endorsed, not by a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, perhaps on behalf of the Honourable Minister, but by a Public Relations Director. This obviously casts strong doubts on the genuineness and intents of the said letter,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The university professor was replying to the press statement from the education ministry even as Mr Onanuga, the special adviser to Mr Tinubu on Information and Strategy, also issued a similar statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Odoh claimed that the ministry was engaging in an alleged usurpation of powers, given that only President Tinubu has the power to sack him or dissolve the Governing Council.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that it was improper for the ministry to accuse the Governing Council of breaching procedures and lawful directives without formally inviting them for questioning regarding the appointment of the vice-chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that despite a \u201cmountain of evidence,\u201d the ministry had continued to insist that the \u201ccouncil unilaterally appointed\u201d him as the vice-chancellor of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Odoh also said some lawsuits challenging his emergence as vice-chancellor were still pending at the National Industrial Court in Awka and that the ministry announced his sack even when the court was yet to deliver its judgement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is the ministry now desperately trying to also usurp the powers of the courts of competent jurisdictions in our land before whom are multiple lawsuits on this matter by running into a conclusion without evidence?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when the vice-chancellor has made his academic credentials public, why is the ministry still referring to him as \u2018unqualified?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that contrary to the ministry\u2019s claim, there had not been any crisis in the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can even be safe to conclude that the Ministry, ostensibly working for some fifth columnists, may want to ignite or spark crises with its highly dictatorial treatise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You violated the university\u2019s Act\u2019<br \/>\nMr Odoh accused the education ministry of violating the extant provisions of the University\u2019s Act by announcing his removal for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop among the many other flaws in the purported \u2018sack letter\u2019 is the fact that even the Council\u2019s Chairman, who was duly appointed with a letter, has not been officially or formally communicated about this purported dissolution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The sacked vice-chancellor suggested that despite his removal, he would not vacate office until the court ruled otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would wish to maintain that hence parties have remained in court, let the issues be expeditiously tested and established by the relevant provisions of our laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public and particularly members of the university community are advised to go about their lawful and legitimate businesses as they have always maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions why letter wasn&#8217;t authorise by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Odoh claimed that the ministry was engaging in an alleged usurpation of powers Bernard Odoh has broken his silence on his removal from office as the vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) in Anambra State. 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