19 Professors Short Listed For University of Jos Vice-Chancellorship

The race for the Vice-chancellorship of the University of Jos continuous with the list of 42 applicants pruned down to 19 whose letters of invitation for interview were despatched Monday, April 4th 2016.

Investigations reveal that among those invited for interview are Professors Akpa G. Owoicho, Andrew Haruna, Ashom M. Maisamari, Best E. Gaya, Dabi D. Davou Danfulani UH Dadem and Dogo Bala.

Also inluded in the list are Professors Gambo A. Nanvem, Kolo I. Adamu, Lar I. Bako, Lar U. Alexander,Mailafia D.Inusa, Maimako S. Sebastian, Mallum Y. Akaya, Rabo J. Samani, Naomi NJ. Rugu, Sha Dung Pam and Yilkur N. Lohdip.

 Information has it that among the top contenders are Senior Professors of between 11- 14 years. In this category are Rabo J. Samani, Akpa G. Owoicho, and Naomi NJ.Rugu.

However, others of between 8-10 years who are equally competitive are Sha Dung Pam, Lar U. Alexander and Andrew Haruna.

The tenure of the out-going Vice-chancellor is alleged to have bred lots of dissatisfaction over many issues allegely bordering on autocracy by the Vice-chancellor, sloppiness and incompetence.

For example, a staff of the University( names witheld) frowned at the allegation that the present VC carried out the entire admission of students into the University alone - an exercise many say was full of blunders.

"These avoidable blunders and many more that resulted in strikes," the staff informed, "are problems of leadership. It is hoped that the failed process which led to the emergence of the present system would be discarded in favour of a better result oriented one", he said.