FUTO sues ASUU over Pantami’s professorship
ISSA PANTAMI The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti, has said the management had gone to court over the rejection of Dr. Isah Ibrahim Pantami’s promotion to the rank as a professor of Cyber Security by the institution. This followed the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sanction FUTO management for approving Pantami as a professor while he is still in Federal Government’s active service as a minister. RELATED POSTS ASUU grounds varsities for four weeks Feb 15, 2022 Osun APC primary: Guns boom, panic in Osogbo Feb 15, 2022 Why Customs can’t meet N3.019tr target, by CG Feb 15, 2022 Oti told The Nation yesterday that the management went to court on the matter, saying any comment or discussion on it is subjudice. But a senior management worker, who spoke in confidence, claimed that ASUU has no right to dabble into a matter it has no jurisdiction over. “Just like ASUU does not tell the university council an...