MAU Sacks Three Professors for Alleged Unethical Conducts

Daji Sani in Yola

The ViceChancellor of  Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola, Adamawa State , Professor Abdullahi  Liman Tukur, has said the management of the university, after thorough investigation, has sacked three professors for alleged plagiarism and unethical conducts during his second tenure which will end in a month’s time.

The vice chancellor disclosed this at the university pre-convocation press conference for 2022/2023 academic session in Yola yesterday, slated to take place on May 4, 2024.

Tukur further explained that  the three professors were found guilty by an investigative panel set up by the University Council, noting that stiff measures awaits any erring staff member and student purposely to ensure the enforcement of laws and regulations guiding the institution.

He said the measure taken by the university was to serve as deterrent to others in the university community and to inculcate discipline, respect and dignity in  the institution in order to produce good leaders in the future

At the press conference, Tukur  also said that the university would be graduating a total of 5,545 students, stressing that 4,282 with bachelor’s degrees and 458 with diploma certificates.

He added that 53 graduating students would be awarded first class, 1,143 second class upper 2,376 second class lower, and 682 with third class while 28 with pass degrees.

According to him, in higher degrees category, 41 postgraduate diploma would be presented, as 630 master’s degree awardees will get their certificates, with 134 doctorate candidates in various disciplines in the university.

“This year’s ceremony, the 28th convocation, points to our return to the annual ceremony as the event is holding just about a year after the previous one, and a pointer to relative stability we are maintaining in our academic calendar,” Tukur maintained.

The Vice Chancellor Tukur, who announced that the forthcoming convocation ceremony would be the last under his leadership as the VC with the expiration of his five-year tenure, urged the federal government to review the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy, describing it as a huge challenge militating against operations of public universities in the country.

He, however, opined that decentralisation of the universities accounts would provide for better accountability and frugality.