…To Sanction FUTO VC, Others
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has faulted the promotion of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor.
After its National Executive Council meeting, the union declared the promotion as “illegal.”
This was made known at a press conference addressed by ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday.
Osodekesaid, “You cannot be a minister and a lecturer in a university. It is an encouragement of illegality.
“Pantami has to quit as a minister and be tried for doing double jobs within the same federal system. He is not qualified. Pantami should not be treated as a professor.”
Recall that in September 2021, Pantami, alongside seven academics, were elevated by the council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, to the position of professorship at the council’s 186th meeting.
The minister’s elevation has generated controversy, with many faulting FUTO on the promotion of the minister, who was not teaching in the university, and whose highest academic attainment was reportedly a lecturer before he ventured into politics.
The ASUU President added, “We have resolved to sanction ASUU members involved in his promotion and the VC of FUTO.”
