The Sa’adu Zungur College previously Bauchi State College, Gadau has denied the resignation of 30 PhD holders.
The administration of the college in a press release by the Public Relations Officer, Auwal Hassan, mentioned a media report claimed that members of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) left the varsity.
Hassan famous that the College didn’t file such resignations.
“Our file reveals that solely six PhD, have exited or are away from the college prior to now 1 12 months and 10 months of the tenure of this administration, citing numerous private causes not associated to wage considerations,” Hassan mentioned.
“Nonetheless, the statistics present the variety of tutorial workers who’re away both on sabbatical depart, depart of absence, or secondment, and people who for one disciplinary motive or the opposite, are dismissed from the College. It additionally contained the quantity that resigned on their very own for private causes, not associated to poor pay.”
SAZU mentioned that it has up to now dismissed six personnel primarily based on abscondment, and disciplinary grounds whereas two individuals are at the moment on sabbatical depart and two on secondment.
“The College, by way of the assist of His Excellency Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed (Government Governor of Bauchi state), has persistently prioritised the welfare of and improvement of its workers, together with tutorial workers, and has carried out numerous initiatives to improve their working situations. This includes well timed wage funds and different monetary advantages.
“Beneath the management of the present administration, since December 2022, the College has well timed promoted quite a few tutorial workers with full fee of promotion arrears the place relevant.”