The five-member audit panel constituted by the Federal Government to ascertain the numerical strength of staff and students of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) as well as determine the appropriateness
of their appointment and admission have been giving four weeks to submit its report.
The pro chancellor and chairman of council of the university, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, announced this when he inaugurated the panel as recommended by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The audit which did not include internal members of council, is expected to follow the terms of reference of the panel as developed by the NUC which includes, accurate number of academic staff and the regularity of their appointments,qualifications and dates obtained and appropriateness of the total number of staff and postings.
Others include, productivity and career progression, number of students, the regularity of the admission and their different programmes/ courses, recommendations for improvement in future appointment of staff and admission of students as well as recommendations on any other issue the panel considers relevant to its assignment.
Dr Ogbemudia revealed that this exercise will help the management of the institution to carry out its responsibilities to the institution, saying 'planning without statistics is as good as failure to plan'.
'In a university, planning with inadequate or false statistics is worse than planlessness'. He therefore enjoined the panel to work towards the expectations of the government and come out with accurate number of staff and students of the institution.
He congratulated the Federal Government on its decision to produce one mega university in each of the six geo-political zones of the country.
Members of the panel include Prof Abdullahi Ribadu who is chairman, Prof Anthony Adegbulugbe, Prof Ediga Agbo, Hajiya Aisha Babangida and Dr Godswill Ogboghodo who serves as secretary.
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