Federal University Lafia sacks 35 staff

Federal University, Lafia, has sacked 35 non-teaching staff due to paucity of funds, its Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammed Sanusi Liman disclosed.

He told journalists in Lafia that the sacking of the affected staff, who were engaged earlier this year, was the decision of the council due to lack of funds to pay their salaries.

Prof Liman said the affected staff comprised of 11 corps members, who were retained after their service year in the school, and 24 others.

He said the council had directed the management to source for money and pay off the affected staff since they had worked for over five months without pay.

“It would be inhuman to keep the staff working when we cannot pay them given our poor budget, and that is why the council decided that we should pay them off," he said.

According to him, the university consistently has a shortfall of over N38 million in her allocation for several months, which has adversely affected the running of the institution.

Prof Liman said the management had uncovered a job racketeering syndicate in the university, which had given illegal employment to some persons.

 "When we got wind of the matter, the management set up an investigative committee, which turned in a report that was submitted to the council.

 “The university council referred the matter to its disciplinary committee for investigation and appropriate action," he said.

 Commenting on the post UTME screening of candidate for admission into the university for the 2016/2017 academic session, Professor Liman said over 4,000 applicants have been screened and that the council would meet to determine its capacity before admission list would be released.

 He also announced that the council has approved the commencement of its post graduate programmes effective from the 2016/2017 academic session.

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