The Federal Government has directed all the Vice Chancellors in Federal Universities whose tenure will expire soon to nominate their deputies who will oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor in a temporary capacity.
Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Chris Maiyaki conveyed this in a circular dated May 28, 2024, to all the affected outgoing Vice-Chancellors.
The NUC’s letter to the outgoing Vice-Chancellors was a sequel to a directive from the Federal Ministry of Education, informing the Commission about the end of the tenure of some Vice-Chancellors and the urgent need to nominate through the recommendation of the Senate a Deputy Vice-Chancellor that would oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor until the new Governing Councils are inaugurated.
Accordingly, the NUC scribe in his letter to the outgoing Vice-Chancellors, specified that the appointment of a deputy VC to oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor should be done through the recommendations of the Senate of the university.”
Maiyaki added that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Governing Councils of the Universities would appoint acting vice chancellors after their inauguration.
A copy of the letter obtained by newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja read: “I write, further to previous communication Ref. No. NUC/ES/138/Vol. 65/88 and dated 27 May 2024, to convey the directive of the Federal Ministry of Education, vide its letter Ref. No. FME/TE/CỰ/130/T6/458 and dated 28 May 2024 (copy attached), to the effect that Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities, who are rounding off their tenures, are to nominate, through the recommendation of their Senates, a Deputy Vice-Chancellor that will oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor in a temporary capacity.
“The Governing Councils, after their inauguration, will appoint Acting Vice-Chancellors for a period not less than 6 months, during which they will commence the process of appointing a substantive Vice-Chancellors.
“This circular takes pre-eminence over our earlier communication on the same subject,” noted the Circular.
Dominica Nwabufo
