Fact Check: Kaletapawa continuous stay as ADSU acting Vice Chancellor contravenes Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012

The continuous stay of the acting vice chancellor of Adamawa state University, Mubi Prof. Kaletapwa George Farauta as acting VC is illegal, an investigation by THE FINDER has shown.

Also untrue, our findings show, is the university management claims that all actions of the current acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kaletapwa George Farauta is legal considering the university autonomy act as amended.

In total disregard for the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012  as amended, Kaletapwa was appointed in a controversial circumstances that saw her emergence from her membership of the visitation panel setup by a former governor of the state to acting Vice Chancellor which is morally wrong for her to present herself for that appointment as acting VC having been a member of the visitation that suggested the removal of Zaruwa from office on the account of government plan restructuring of the university, which has not happen till date.

 

The Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012 empowers only the Governing Council to appoint an Acting Vice-Chancellor”, this statute itself invalidate the appointment of the acting VC ADSU, Mubi in the first instance, but our finding could not ascertain if the university autonomy act (UAA) is applicable to ADSU as far as this particular issue is concern.

 

Prof. Kaleptapwa continue to act in contravention of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012 as amended, Section 3(13) & (14) of the Principal Act as amended provides “In any case of a vacancy in the office of the Vice-Chancellor, the Council shall appoint an Acting Vice-Chancellor ” “An Acting Vice-Chancellor in all circumstances shall not be in office for more than 6 months”.

 

 Implication

“The implication of the continuous stay in office after the six months permitted by the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012 laws has rendered all actions carried out by the acting Vice Chancellor after the expiration of the six months allowed in law as illegal including her signatures on documents, the honourable thing for the acting Vice Chancellor to do now is to throw in the towel” say Joseph Timothy Kwala.

Speaking to THE FINDER on the controversy that sees the acting Vice chancellor acting beyond six months as stipulated in the first letter of her appointment, a lecturer that pleaded anonymity told this news medium that “ADSU Mubi has her own laws that establishes the university, ADSU law gave the visitor the power to hire and fire, but the issue of acting beyond six months in office is universal as far as that law is concerned, in the wisdom of the former governor he gave the acting Vice chancellor six to act as VC, we don’t know if she has received another letter to continue to act apart from the first letter given to her by the Bindow led administration”.

When THE FINDER asked the acting Vice Chancellor why she continue to act in contravention of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2012 laws, no response was given as all the message sent to Prof. Kaletapwa regarding her continuous stay in office as acting Vice chancellor was not replied to.