ASUU distances self from Pantami’s Professorship appointment

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has disassociated itself from the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, as a Professor at the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri.

Recall that the ASUU chapter of FUTO had said standard processes was followed in the appointment of Pantami as Professor of Cyber Security in the university, following an investigation by the panel.

However, reacting, the union’s national body said there was something wrong with Panatami’s appointment.

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National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a briefing after the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting at the University of Abuja, held between November 13 and 14.