The Federal Government has directed all Vice Chancellors whose tenure would be expiring soon, to nominate deputies who will oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor in an acting capacity.
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki conveyed this in a circular to the affected outgoing vice-chancellors at Federal Universities.
The circular is sequel to a directive from the Federal Ministry of Education, notifying the commission about the end of the tenure of some vice-chancellors, and the urgent need to nominate deputies through the recommendation of the Senate.
Maiyaki said that the soon-to-be-inaugurated governing councils of the universities, would appoint acting Vice Chancellors after their inauguration.
The Acting Vice-Chancellors would be in place for a period not less than 6 months, during which they will commence the process of appointing a substantive Vice-Chancellors.
Recall that the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), had previously rejected a move by the Federal Government to appoint new vice-chancellors to replace outgoing ones in the absence of the governing councils at the affected universities.