The Borno state Governor elect, Professor Babagana Zulum has applauded the re-emergence of Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi as the Vice Chancellor of University of Maiduguri for the second term.
He also appealed to the university community and all stakeholders to be mindful of the position of the institution as center of academic excellence and cooperate with whomever emergences as the leader of the varsity in order to avoid conflict or misunderstanding.
Professor Zulum who stated this Wednesday in a statement, urged all and sundry to embrace peace, unity and progress in the interest of the university while reminding the stakeholders of the reasons behind the establishment of the varsity by the federal government.
He said: “I humbly write as a key stakeholder of the institution to add voice to the
Ongoing controversy surrounding the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of our revered University.
“Let me remind ourselves that the University is an educational system where high level manpower is trained for socio-economic and political growth of the country.
“As such the leadership plays an invaluable role in achieving such academic excellence in areas of knowledge acquisition, provision of functional, technical and scientific skills and competencies necessary to societal growth and development.
“It is in view of this eminent position of the Universities that the Federal Government emphatically spelt out the goals of tertiary education in
National Policy on Education,” Zulum said.