Nigerian college provost alleges threat to life as protesting workers lock up offices

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The provost said apart from denying him entry into his office since 27 May, the protesters on Wednesday stormed his official residence on the campus and threatened to eject him within seven days. However, on 12 June 2023 an amended Federal Colleges of Education Act, 2023, which recommended a five-year single term for management officers education colleges nationwide, came into effect.

Dated 4 December 2023, and signed by both Messrs Nwachukwu and Qadri, SSUCOEN wrote Mr Mamman and sought an interpretation of the Act in connection with the tenure of office of principal officers of the college, particularly, the provost. “The Act made further provisions to cover the appointments of those Provosts who have been appointed prior to the assent of the amended Act Section 13 provides: If on the commencement of this section, a Provost appointed before the commencement of this Act has held office for: Less than five years, the Provost shall be deemed to be serving the five – year single term and shall not have the right for the renewal of his appointment for a further term of four years; and more than five years and...

“We, therefore, thank our members for their maturity and urge them to go about their activities within the college peacefully and shun any act that may disrupt the peace of the college as the Honourable Minister has finally spοken.”Meanwhile, following the withdrawal of NASU leadership and other stakeholders from the agitation against the tenure of the provost, other workers, particularly the leadership of SSUCOEN continued the agitation under the umbrella of a new forum tagged “concerned staff.

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