…clarifies 615 Appointment Letters Issued, Only 426 Captured On GIFMIS
UMUDIKE — The Management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU, has clarified that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ursula Ngozi Akanwa, was not involved in the institution’s last recruitment exercise.
The Head, Public Relations and Protocol of the University, Mr. Anyaso Anyaso, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to the statement, Prof. Akanwa had, at various meetings with the university community, stressed that the employment process, including the capturing of staff for payroll, was concluded prior to March 1, 2026, when she assumed office.
Details Of The Recruitment
The statement explained that the Federal Government gave a waiver for the recruitment of 426 staff, a figure which the Governing Council also approved and directed the then Vice-Chancellor and Management to strictly adhere to.
However, the statement said appointment letters were issued to 615 persons. It added that 553 were captured by the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System, GIFMIS, which eventually uploaded only the 426 figure approved by the government and the Governing Council.
“Suffice it to state here that the Vice-Chancellor has no access to the GIFMIS platform to either remove or change any name uploaded,” the statement said.
Call For Restraint
The university urged members of the public and other stakeholders to disregard insinuations being peddled by “mischief makers.”
It advised the public to rely only on official university channels for accurate information and to refrain from circulating unverified reports.
The statement was signed by Mr. Anyaso Anyaso, Head, Public Relations and Protocol, MOUAU.
The Crux Of The Matter
Recall that some of the 127 disengaged staff had during a press conference on Monday declared the process of recruitment illegal and demanded immediate reinstatement by the university authorities.
They also alleged that their names were being substituted with new names. According to them, the recruitment exercise which lasted for about three weeks, was poorly coordinated.
