UNIMAID: The Search for a New VC Generates Controversy

Report has it that presently there is tension and controversy in the University of Maiduguri following the search for a new Vice Chancellor.

According tom the report, the senate board has interviewed eleven candidates for the position of Vice-Chancellor among whom are Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, who is the current deputy vice chancellor (Academic) of UniMaid, Prof. Isa Hussaini Marte of the university’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prof. Abubakar Kundiri, Prof Bukar Bababe (Soil Science), Prof Yakubu Bila (Agric Econs), Prof. Umar Sandabe (Veterinary Medicine), Prof. Sheriff Modu (Biochemistry), Prof. Ibrahim B. Goni (Geology), Prof. Tijani El-Miskin (Arabic and Islamic Studies), Prof. Yagani Kaarta (Languages and Linguistics), all of UniMaid, and Prof. Ibrahim Iliya (Geography) from Othman DanFodio University, Sokoto.

The senate has recommended Njodi, Marte or Kundiri.

However, with Njodi as the obvious choice based on merit and competence, some individuals and groups are pushing for ethnicity and state of origin to be the basis of appointment.