The appointment of Professor Patricia Lar as Appearing Vice-Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon College (previously College of Abuja) has witnessed the return of gradual normalcy and stability, a don, Dr. Andrew Musa, has submitted.[ad]In keeping with him, Lar’s management prowess has had a optimistic influence on the ivory tower, doubtlessly bettering areas reminiscent of tutorial programmes, school morale, and total institutional operations.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in February this 12 months, sacked Prof. Aisha Maikudi as substantive Vice Chancellor of the college and appointed Prof. Lar in performing capability.
In a press release yesterday, the tutorial famous that the return to normalcy and stability may additionally improve the college’s fame and appeal to extra college students and school members.
Whereas warning these he described as ‘champions of non secular bias’ to desist from their nefarious act, Musa referred to as on workers to benefit from its strategic place, cosmopolitan nature, huge land and wealthy manpower to place the educational establishment for greatness.
His phrases: “Upon assumption of responsibility on the twelfth of February 2025, the performing Vice Chancellor performed a campus-wide familiarisation tour of all colleges, directorates, models and hostels. This availed her the chance to listen to instantly from tutorial and non-academic workers of the college. The interplay unearthed quite a few complaints that included favouritism in promotion workout routines, lopsided appointments, huge employment with out recourse to Federal Character, selective disciplinary actions, lodging racketeering, and so forth.
“One other worrisome state of affairs noticed because the inception of the tenure of the performing Vice-Chancellor is the years of suppression of the coed union authorities and really boring campus life. College students’ freedom was eroded, and a parliamentary system of presidency was conceived by the then administration and imposed on the scholars as a substitute of the presidential system.[ad]“The e-voting system was compromised and oftentimes, key management positions had been handpicked. College students had been oppressed and lacked the braveness to precise themselves freely. Totally different scholar our bodies have interacted with the performing Vice-Chancellor, and they’re unanimous of their need {that a} credible scholar union authorities needs to be assured in Yakubu Gowon College.”
He added: “There have been additionally quite a few situations of deserving tutorial and non-academic workers who had been denied promotion for between 4 and 7 years. This dampened the morale of those workers and invariably affected their total output and efficiency. This unhappy occasion is being investigated by the performing VC to appropriate the ills of favouritism.”
Musa praised the Appearing Vice-Chancellor for participating with varied college teams, selling peaceable decision to conflicts, and inspiring dialogue over litigation.
This strategy, he burdened, displays her efforts to foster a harmonious tutorial atmosphere on the establishment.[ad]
