By Chris Udochukwu
The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions of Nigeria (ASURI) has hailed the Federal government for following due process in the appointment of the Director General (DG) of the National Center for Technology Management (NACETEM).
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Dr Olushola Odusanya as the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), Ile Ife, Osun State.
Mr President’s approval was conveyed to him through a letter signed by the Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, Chief Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh. According to the letter, the appointment takes effect from the 13th of May 2023.
Until his new appointment, Dr Odusanya was the Director of the Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Advanced Research Center of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), Abuja, and the pioneer leader of the Environmental Biotechnology Group at the Biotechnology Center of SHESTCO.
The Secretary General of ASURI, Prof Theophilus Ndubuaku spoke to journalists in Abuja during the solidarity rally, said the appointment followed due process.
ASURI gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja during a protest to register it’s displeasure over the activities of some non Academy Staff at the center
While addressing journalists during the protest, the ASURI General Secretary Professor Theophilus Ndubuaku said, it is unhealthy for members of Non Academy Staff of NACETEM to lock their offices nation wide against the resumption of Federal Government’s appointed DG of the center.
Prof.Ndubuaku noted that Dr. Odusanya’s appointment followed due process and every aspect of the appointment as stipulated in the condition of service of the research institutes and as it has been approved by the head of service which was sent to all the research Institutions.
“Since his appointment the Non Academy Staff have locked up the head office in Osun State as well as their zonal offices and entrance to the DG’s office littered with fetish things to prevent Odusanya from resuming duty. This is simply because he is not an indigene of the state, does it mean that if government agency’s is cited in your state; DGs must come get from such state,” he queried.
Recalled that the University of Ife had carried out a similar action when a non indigene was appointed the Vice Chancellor of the University.
