No fewer than
70 lecturers have resigned from the University of Maiduguri since the outbreak
of Boko Haram insurgency in the North- East, SUNDAY PUNCH, has learnt
.
Also, while
five lecturers have been killed, three were said to have been held by the
insurgents during the recent attack on oil workers.
The
chairman, UNIMAID chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Dani
Mamman, who said this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, called on the Federal
Government and the university authorities to put in place adequate security.
Mamman said
although closing down the university was the initial thought, it was resisted
by the management.
ASUU added
that as a union, it believed that if its demands made to the Federal Government
were fulfilled, the idea of closure would not be an option.
Mamman said,
“About 70 lecturers left, about five died and three are held hostage by Boko
Haram. The admission figure of students have been dropping since insurgency
started in 2012. We don’t know what will happen to the admission of students
this year.
“The exit of
some lecturers has affected research and learning because some are specialists
in their fields. Usually, such exodus affects accreditation of some programmes
and courses.
“We
requested the government to increase security personnel, security gadgets and
construction of the 23.7 km perimeter fence. In the interim, the state governor
has started building a 10.3 km perimeter fence.
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