NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY ACT
NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Constitution and functions of the University and its constituent bodies, etc.
SECTION
1.
Establishment and
incorporation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
2.
Objects of the
University.
3.
Constitution and
principal officers of the University.
4.
Powers of the University
and their exercise.
5.
Composition of the
Council.
6.
Functions of the
Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor.
7.
Functions of the Council
and its Finance and General Purposes Committee.
8.
Functions of the Senate.
9.
Functions of the
Vice-Chancellor.
Transfer of property, etc., to the University
10. Transfer of property, functions, etc.Statutes of the University
11.
Power of the University
to make statutes.
12.
Mode of exercising power
to make statutes.
13.
Proof of statutes.
14.
Power of Visitor to
decide meaning of statutes.
Supervision and discipline
15.
The Visitor.
16.
Removal of certain
members of Council.
17.
Removal and discipline
of academic, administrative and technical staff.
18.
Removal of
Examiners.
19.
Discipline of students.
Miscellaneous and general
20.
Exclusion of
discrimination on account of race, religion, etc.
21.
Compulsory
acquisition of land.
22.
Restriction on
disposal of land by University.
23.
Quorum and procedure of
bodies established by this Act.
24.
Appointment of
committees, etc.
25.
Retiring age of academic
staff of the University.
26.
Special provisions
relating to pension of Professors.
27.
Miscellaneous
administrative provisions.
28.
Repeal.
SECTION
29.
Interpretation.
30.
Short title.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Principal officers
of the University
SECOND SCHEDULE
Transitional
provisions as to property and functions, etc.
THIRD SCHEDULE
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Statute No.1
NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY ACT
An Act to
provide for the take-over of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University by the Federal
Government.
[1992 No. 34.]
[15th July, 1992]
[Commencement.]
Constitution and
functions of the University and its constituent bodies, etc.
1.
Establishment and incorporation of
the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
(1) As from the
commencement of this Act, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University established by the
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Law 1991 (in this Act referred to as "the former
law") shall continue to be known as Nnamdi Azikiwe University (in this Act
referred to as "the University").
(2) The University
shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall
have power to sue or be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and dispose
of movable and immovable property for the purpose of its functions under this Act.
2.
Objects of the University
The objects of the
University shall be-
(a)
to encourage the advancement of
learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex
or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring a higher and liberal
education;
(b)
to provide courses of instruction and other
facilities for the pursuit of learning in all its branches, and to make those
facilities available on proper terms to
such persons as are equipped to benefit from them;
(c)
to encourage and promote scholarship and conduct
research in all fields of learning and human endeavour;
(d)
to relate its activities to the social,
cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and
(e) to undertake any other activities
appropriate for a University of the highest standard.
3.
Constitution and principal officers
of the University
(1) The University shall consist of-
(a)
a Chancellor;
(b)
a Pro-Chancellor and a Council;
(c)
a Vice-Chancellor and a Senate;
(d)
a body to be called Congregation;
(e)
a body to be called Convocation;
(f)
the campuses and colleges of the University;
(g)
the faculties, schools, institutes and other
teaching and research units of the University;
(h) the
persons holding the offices constituted by the First Schedule to this Act other
than those mentioned in paragraph (a) to (c) of
this subsection;
[First Schedule.]
(i)
all graduates and undergraduates of the University; and
(j)
all other persons who are members of the University in accordance with
provisions made by statute in that behalf.
(2) The First Schedule
to this Act shall have effect with respect to the principal officers of each
University therein mentioned.
[First Schedule.]
(3) Subject to section
5 of this Act, provision shall be made by statute with respect to the
constitution of the following bodies, namely the Council, the Senate,
Congregation and Convocation.
4.
Powers of the University and their
exercise
(1) For the carrying
out of its objects as specified in section 1 of this Act, the University shall
have power to-
(a)
establish such campuses, colleges,
faculties, institutes, schools, extra-mural departments and other teaching and
research units within the University as may, from time to time, seem necessary
or desirable, subject to the approval of the National Universities Commission;
(b)
institute professorships,
readerships or associate professorships, lectureships and other posts and
offices and to make appointments thereto;
(c)
institute and award fellowships,
scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals, prizes and other titles, distinctions,
awards and other forms of assistance;
(d) provide for the
residence, discipline and welfare of members of the University;
(e)
hold examinations and grant
degrees, diplomas, certificates and other distinctions to persons who have pursued
a course of study approved by the University and have satisfied such other
requirements as the University may lay down;
(f
) grant honorary degrees, fellowships or
academic titles;
(g)
demand and receive from any
student or any other person attending the University for the purpose of
instruction such fees as the University may, from time to time, determine
subject to the overall directives of the Minister;
(h)
subject to section 22 of this
Act, acquire, hold, grant, charge or otherwise deal with or dispose of movable
and immovable property wherever situate;
(i)
accept gifts, legacies and
donations, but without obligation to accept the same for a particular purpose
unless it approves the terms and conditions attaching thereto;
(j)
enter into contracts, establish trust, act as trustee, solely or jointly with
any other person, and employ and act through agents;
(k) erect,
provide, equip and maintain libraries, laboratories, lecture halls, halls of residence,
refectories, sports grounds, playing fields and other buildings or
things necessary or suitable or convenient for any of the objects of the
University;
(l
) hold public lectures and
undertake printing, publishing and book-selling;
(m) subject
to any limitations on conditions imposed by statute, invest any money appertaining
to the University by way of endowment, whether for general or special purposes
and such other moneys as may not be immediately required
for current expenditure, in any investments or securities or in the purchase or
improvement of land, with power, from time to time, to vary any such
investments and deposit any moneys for the time being uninvested with any
bank on deposit or current account;
(n)
borrow, whether on interest or
not if need be upon the security of any or all of the property movable or immovable
of the University, such moneys as the
Council may, from time to time, in its discretion find it necessary or
expedient to borrow or to guarantee any loan, advances or credit facilities;
(o)
make gifts for any charitable
purpose;
(p)
arrange for the education and
general welfare of children of members of staff;
(q)
do anything which it is
authorised or required by this Act or by Statute to do; and
(r)
do all such acts or things,
whether or not incidental to the foregoing powers, as may advance the objects
of the University.
(2) Subject to
the provisions of this Act and of the statutes and without prejudice to section
9 (2) of this Act, the powers conferred on the University by subsection (1) of
this section shall be exercisable on behalf of the University by the
Council or by the senate or in any other manner which may be authorised
by Statute.
(3) The power of the
University to establish further campuses and colleges within the University
shall be exercisable by statute and not otherwise.
5.
Composition of the Council
The Council of the
University shall consist of-
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(a)
the Pro-Chancellor;
(b)
the Vice-Chancellor;
(c)
the Deputy Vice-Chancellors;
(d)
one person from the Ministry responsible for Education;
(e)
nine persons representing a
variety of interests and broadly representative of the whole Federation to be
appointed by the President;
(f
) four persons appointed by the
Senate from among its members;
(g)
two persons appointed by the
Congregation from among its members;
(h)
one person appointed by Convocation
from among its members.
6.
Functions of the Chancellor and
Pro-Chancellor
(1) The Chancellor
shall, in relation to the University, take precedence before all other members
of the University and when he is present, shall preside at all meetings of Convocation
held for conferring degrees.
(2) The Pro-Chancellor
shall, in relation to the University, take precedence before all other members
of the University, except the Chancellor and except the Vice-Chancellor when
acting as Chairman of the Congregation or Convocation and the Pro-Chancellor shall,
when he is present, be the Chairman at all meetings of the Council.
7.
Functions of the Council and its
Finance and General Purposes Committee
(1) Subject to the
provisions of this Act relating to the Visitor, the Council shall be the
governing body of each University and shall be charged with the general control
and superintendence of the policy, finance and property of the University,
including its public relations.
(2) There shall be a
committee of the Council, to be known as the Finance and General Purposes
Committee, which shall, subject to the directions of the Council, exercise control
over the property and expenditure of the University and perform such other
functions of the Council as the Council may, from time to time, delegate to it.
(3) Provision shall be
made by statute with respect to the constitution of the Finance and General
Purposes Committee.
(4) The Council shall
ensure that proper accounts of the University are kept and that the accounts of
the University are audited annually by auditors appointed by the Council from
the list and in accordance with guidelines supplied by the Auditor-General for
the Federation, and that an annual report is published by the University
together with certified copies of the said account as audited.
(5) Subject to this
Act and the statutes, the Council and the Finance and General Purposes Committee
may each make rules for the purpose of exercising any of their respective functions
or of regulating their own procedure.
(6) Rules made under
subsection (5) of this section by the finance and General
Purposes Committee shall not come into force unless approved by the
Council; and in so far and to the extent that any rules so made by that
committee conflict with any directions given by the Council whether before or
after the coming into force of the rules in question, the directions of
the Council shall prevail.
(7) There shall be
paid to the members respectively of the Council, the Finance and general
Purposes Committee and of any other committee set up by the Council allowances in
respect of travelling and other reasonable expenses, at such rates as may, from
time to time, be fixed by the Council.
(8) The Council shall
meet as and when necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act
and shall meet at least three times in every year.
(9) If requested in
writing by any five members of the Council, the chairman shall within
twenty-eight days after the receipt of such request call a meeting of the
Council
and the request shall specify the business to be considered at the meeting and
no business not so specified shall be transacted at the meeting.
8. Functions
of the Senate
(1) Subject to section
7 of this Act and subsections (3) and (4) of this section and to the provisions
of this Act relating to the Visitor, it shall be the general function of the Senate
to organise and control the teaching by the University, the admission (where no
other enactment provides to the contrary) of students and the discipline of and
to promote research at the University.
(2) Without prejudice
to the generality of subsection (1) of this section and subject as therein
mentioned, it shall in particular be the function of the senate to make
provision
for-
(a)
the establishment, organisation and
control of campuses, colleges, faculties, departments, schools, institutes and
other teaching and research units of the University and the allocation of
responsibility for different branches of learning;
(b)
the organisation and control of
courses of study in the University and of the examinations held in conjunction
with those courses, including the appointment of examiners, both internal and
external;
(c) the
award of degrees, and such other qualifications as may be prescribed, in connection
with examinations held as aforesaid;
(d)
the making of recommendations to the Council with respect to the award to any person
of an honorary fellowship or degree or the title of professor emeritus;
(e) the
establishment, organisation and control of halls of residence and similar institutions
at the University;
(f
) the
supervision of the welfare of students at the University and the regulation of
their conduct;
(g)
the granting of fellowships,
scholarships, prizes and similar awards in so far as the awards are within the
control of the University; and
(h)
determining what description of dress
shall be academic dress for the purposes of the University, and regulating the
use of academic dress.
(3) The Senate shall
not establish any new campus, college, faculty, department, school, institute
or other teaching and research units of the University, or any hall of
residence or similar institution at the University without the approval of the
Council;
(4) Subject to this
Act and statutes, the Senate may make regulations for the purpose of exercising
any function conferred on it either by the foregoing provision of this section or
otherwise or for the purpose of making provision for any matter for which
provision by regulation is authorised or required by this Act or by
statute.
(5) Regulations shall
provide that at least one of the persons appointed as the examiners at each
final or professional examination held in conjunction with any course of study at
the University, is not a teacher at the University but is a teacher of the
branch of learning to which the course relates at some other University of
high repute.
(6) Subject to a right
of appeal to the Council from a decision of the Senate under this subsection,
the Senate may deprive any person of any degree, diploma or other award of the
University which has been conferred upon him if after due enquiry he is shown
to have been guilty of dishonourable or scandalous conduct in gaining admission
into the University or obtaining that award.
9. Functions
of the Vice-Chancellor
(1) The
Vice-Chancellor shall, in relation to each University, take precedence before all
other members of the University, except the Chancellor, and, subject to section
5 of this Act, except the Pro-Chancellor and any other person for the time
being acting as chairman of the Council.
(2) Subject to
sections 7 and 8 of this Act and the provisions of this Act relating to the
Visitor, the Vice-Chancellor shall have the general function, in addition to
any other
functions conferred on him by this Act or otherwise, of directing the
activities of the University and shall, to the exclusion of any other person or
authority, be the chief executive and academic OFFICER of the University
and ex-officio chairman of the Senate.
Transfer of
property, etc., to the University
10. Transfer
of property, functions, etc.
(1) All property held
by or on behalf of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (in this Act
referred to as "the former University") established by the Nnamdi
Azikiwe University Law 1991 shall, by virtue of this subsection and without
further assurance, vest in the University and be held by it for the
purposes of the University.
(2) The
provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect with
respect to, and to matters arising from, the transfer of property by this
section and with respect to the other matters mentioned in that Schedule.
[Second Schedule.]
Statutes of the
University
11. Power of
the University to make statutes
(1) Subject to this
Act, the University may make statutes for any of the following purposes, that
is to say-
(a)
making
provision with respect to the composition and constitution of any authority of
the University;
(b)
specifying
and regulating the powers and duties of any authority of the University
and regulating any other matter connected with the University or any of its authorities;
(c)
regulating
the admission of students where it is done by the University and their
discipline and welfare;
(d)
determining whether any particular matter
is to be treated as an academic or non-academic matter for the purposes of this
Act and of any statute, regulation or other instrument made hereunder;
(e)
making
provision for any other matter for which provision by statute is authorised or
required by this Act.
(2) Subject to section
27 (6) of this Act, the Interpretation Act shall apply in relation to any
statute made under this section as it applies to a subsidiary instrument
within the meaning of section 27 (1) of that Act.
[Cap. 123.]
(3) The Statute
contained in the Third Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have been made
under this section and shall be deemed to have come into force on the commencement
of this Act.
[Third Schedule.]
(4) The power to make
statutes conferred by this section shall not be prejudiced or limited in any
way by reason of the inclusion or omission of any matter in or from the statute
contained in the Third Schedule to this Act or any subsequent statute.
12. Mode of
exercising power to make statutes
(1) The power of the
University to make statutes shall be exercised in accordance with the
provisions of this section and not otherwise.
(2) A proposed statute
shall not become law unless it has been approved-
(a)
at
a meeting of the Senate, by the votes of not less than two-thirds of
the members present and voting; and
(b)
at
a meeting of the Council, by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the non
members present and voting.
(3) A proposed
statute may originate either in the Senate or in Council, and may be approved
as required by subsection (2) of this section by either one of those bodies
before the other.
(4) A statute which-
(a)
makes
provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, the
Senate or any other authority of the University; or
(b)
provides
for the establishment of a new campus or college or for the amendment or
revocation of any statute whereby a campus or college is established shall not
come into operation unless it has been approved by the President.
(5) For the purposes
of section 2 (2) of the Interpretation Act, a statute shall be treated as being
made on the date on which it is duly approved by the Council after having been
duly approved by the Senate, or on the date on which it is duly approved by the
Senate after having been duly approved by the Council, as the case may be or,
in the case of a statute falling within subsection (4) of this section, on the
date on which it is approved by the President.
[Cap. 123.]
13. Proof of
statutes
A statute may be
proved in any court by the production of a copy thereof bearing or having
affixed to it a certificate signed and purporting to be signed by the Vice- Chancellor
or the registrar, to the effect that the copy is a true copy of a statute of
the University.
14. Power of
Visitor to decide meaning of statutes
(1) In the event of
any doubt or dispute arising at any time as to the meaning of any provision of
a statute, the matter may be referred to the Visitor, who shall take such advice
and make such decision thereon as he shall think fit.
(2) The decision of
the Visitor on any matter referred to him under this section shall be binding
upon the authorities, staff and students of the University and where any
question
as to the meaning of any provision of a statute has been decided by the
visitor under this section, no question as to the meaning of that
provision shall be entertained by any court of law in Nigeria:
Provided that nothing
in this subsection shall affect any power of a court of competent jurisdiction
to determine whether any provision of a statute is wholly or partly void
as being ultra vires or as being inconsistent with the
Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
[Cap. C23.]
(3) Subsections (1)
and (2) of this section shall apply in relation to any doubt or dispute as to
whether any matter is for the purposes of this Act, an academic or non-academic
matter as they apply in relation to any such doubt or dispute as is mentioned in
subsection (1) of this section; and accordingly, the references in subsection
(2) of this section to any question as to the meaning of any provision of a
statute shall include references to any question as to whether any matter is
for the said purposes an academic or a non-academic matter.
Supervision and
discipline
15. The
Visitor
(1) The President
shall be the Visitor of the University.
(2) The Visitor shall,
as often as the circumstances may require, not being less than once every five
years, conduct a visitation of the University or direct that such a visitation be
conducted by such person or persons as the Visitor may deem fit and in respect
of any of the affairs of the University.
(3) It shall be duty
of the bodies and persons comprising the University-
(a)
to make available to the Visitor and to any
other person conducting a visitation in pursuance of this section, such
facilities and assistance as he or they may reasonably require for the purposes
of a visitation; and
(b)
to give effect to any instructions
consistent with the provision of this Act which may be given by the Visitor in
consequence of a visitation.
16. Removal of
certain members of Council
(1) If it appears to
the Council that a member of the Council (other than the Pro- Chancellor or the
Vice-Chancellor) should be removed from office on the ground of misconduct or
inability to perform the functions of his office or employment, the Council shall
make a recommendation to that effect through the Chancellor to the Visitor and
if the Visitor, after making such enquiry (if any) as he considers appropriate,
approves the recommendation, he may, by an instrument in writing signed by him,
remove the person in question from office.
(2) It shall be the
duty of the Visitor, on signing an instrument of removal in pursuance of this
section, to use his best endeavour to cause a copy of the instrument to be served
as soon as reasonably practicable on the person to whom it relates.
17. Removal
and discipline of academic, administrative and technical staff
(1) If it appears to
the Council that there are reasons for believing that any person employed
as a member of the academic, administrative or technical staff of the
University, other than the Vice-Chancellor, should be removed from his office
or employment on the ground of misconduct or of inability to perform the
functions of his office or employment, the Council shall-
(a)
give notice of those reasons to the
person in question;
(b)
afford him an opportunity of making
representation in person on the matter to the Council; and
(c)
if he or any three members of
the Council so request within the period of one month beginning with the date
of the notice, make arrangements-
(i)
for a joint committee of the Council and the Senate to investigate the matter
and report on it to the Council; or
(ii) for
a committee of the senate to investigate the matter, where it relates to any
member of the staff of the University and to report on it to the Senate and to
the Council; and
(iii)
for the person in question to be afforded an opportunity of
appearing before and being heard by the investigating committee with respect to
the matter.
(2) If the Council,
after considering the report of the investigating committee, is
satisfied that the person in question should be removed as specified in
subsection (1) of this section, the Council may so remove him by an instrument
in writing signed on the directions of the Council.
(3) The
Vice-Chancellor may, in case of misconduct by a member of staff which in the
opinion of the Vice-Chancellor is prejudicial to the interests of the
University, suspend such member and any such suspension shall forthwith be
reported to the Council.
(4) For good cause,
any member of staff may be suspended from his duties or his appointment may be
terminated by the Council; and for the purposes of this subsection
"good cause" means-
(a) conviction
for any offence which the Council considers to be such as to render the person
concerned unfit for the discharge of the functions of his office; or
(b)
any physical or mental incapacity which the Council, after obtaining medical advice,
considers to be such as to render the person concerned unfit to continue to
hold his office; or
(c)
conduct
of a scandalous or other disgraceful nature which the Council considers to
be such as to render the person concerned unfit to continue to hold his office;
or
(d)
conduct
which the Council considers to be such as to constitute failure or inability of
the person concerned to discharge the functions of his office or to
comply with terms and conditions of his service.
(5) Any person
suspended pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of this section shall be on half
pay and the Council shall, before the expiration of a period of three months
after the date of such suspension, consider the case against that person and
come to a decision as to-
(a)
whether
to continue such person's suspension and if so on what terms (including
the proportion of his emoluments to be paid to him); or
(b)
whether
to re-instate such person in which case the Council shall restore his full
emoluments with effect from the date of suspension; or
(c)
whether
to terminate the appointment of the person concerned in which case such person
shall not be entitled to the proportion of his emoluments withheld during the
period of suspension; or
(d)
whether to take such lesser disciplinary action against such person (including the
restoration of such proportion of his emoluments as might have been withheld)
as the Council may determine.
(6) In any case where
the Council, pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, decides to continue a
person's suspension or decides to take further disciplinary action against a person,
the Council shall before the expiration of a period of three months from such
decision come to a final determination in respect of the case concerning any
such person.
(7) It shall be
the duty of the person by whom an instrument of removal is signed in pursuance
of subsection (2) of this section to use his best endeavour to cause a copy of the
instrument to be served as soon as reasonably practicable on the person to whom
it relates.
(8) Nothing in the
foregoing provisions of this section shall prevent the Council from making
regulations for the discipline of other categories of staff and workers of
the
University as may be prescribed.
18. Removal of
examiners
(l) If it appears to
the Vice-Chancellor that a person appointed as an examiner for any examination
of the University ought to be removed from his office or appointment, then
except in such cases as may be prescribed, he may, after affording the examiner
an opportunity of making representations in person on the matter to the
Vice-Chancellor, remove the examiner from the office or appointment by an
instrument in writing signed by the Vice-Chancellor.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of regulations made in pursuance of section 8 (5) of this Act, the
Vice-Chancellor may, on the recommendation of the Senate, appoint an appropriate
person as examiner in the place of the examiner removed in pursuance of
subsection (l) of this section.
(3) It shall be the
duty of the Vice-Chancellor, on signing an instrument of removal in pursuance
of this section, to use his best endeavour to cause a copy of this instrument
to be served as soon as reasonably practicable on the person to whom it
relates.
19. Discipline
of students
(1) Subject to the
provisions of this section, where it appears to the Vice-Chancellor that any
student of the University has been guilty of misconduct, the Vice-Chancellor may,
without prejudice to any other disciplinary power conferred on him by statute or
regulations, direct-
(a)
that the student shall not, during such
period as may be specified in the direction, participate in such activities of
the University, or make use of such facilities of the University, as may be so
specified; or
(b)
that the activities of the student
shall, during such period as may be specified in the direction, be restricted
in such manner as may be so specified; or
(c)
that the student be rusticated for
such period as may be specified in the direction; or
(d)
that the student be expelled from the University.
(2) Where a direction
is given under subsection (l) (c) or (d) of
this section in respect of any student, that student may, within the prescribed
period and in the prescribed manner, appear to the Council; and where
such an appeal is brought, the Council shall, after causing such inquiry to be
made in the matter as the Council considers just, either confirm or set aside
the direction or modify it in such manner as the Council thinks fit.
(3) The fact that an
appeal from a direction is brought in pursuance of subsection (2) of this
section shall not affect the operation of the direction while the appeal is
pending.
(4) The
Vice-Chancellor may delegate his powers under this section to a disciplinary committee
consisting of such members of the University as he may nominate.
(5) Nothing in this
section shall be construed as preventing the restriction or termination of
a student's activities at the University otherwise than on the ground of
misconduct.
(6) It is hereby
declared that a direction under subsection (1) (a) of this
section may be combined with a direction under subsection (l) (b) of
this section.
Miscellaneous and
general
20. Exclusion
of discrimination on account of race, religion, etc.
No person shall be
required to satisfy the requirements as to any of the following matters, that
is to say, race (including ethnic grounding), sex, place of birth or family
origin, or religious or political persuasion, as a condition of becoming
or continuing to be a student at the University, the holder of any degree of
the University or of any appointment or employment at the University or a
member of any body established by virtue of this Act; and no person shall be
subjected to any disadvantage or accorded any advantage in relation to the
University, by reference to any of those matters:
Provided that nothing
in this section shall be construed as preventing the University from imposing
any disability or restriction on any of the aforementioned persons where such
person wilfully refuses or fails on grounds of religious belief to undertake
any duty generally and uniformly imposed on all such persons or any group of
them which duty, having regard to its nature and the special circumstance
pertaining thereto is in the opinion of the University reasonably
justifiable in the national interest.
21. Compulsory
acquisition of land
For the purposes of
the Land Use Act (which provides for the compulsory acquisition of land for
public purposes) the purposes of the University shall be public purposes of the
Federation; and where an estate or interest in land is acquired by the
President in pursuance of this section, the President may, by a
certificate under the hand and seal of the Registrar of Deeds, transfer
it to the University.
[Cap. L5.]
22.
Restriction on disposal of land by University
The University shall
not dispose of or charge any land or an interest in any land (including
any land transferred to the University by this Act) except either with the
prior written consent, either general or special, of the President:
Provided that such
consent shall not be required in the case of any lease or tenancy at a
rack-rent for a term not exceeding twenty-one years or lease or tenancy to a
member of the University for residential purposes.
23. Quorum and
procedure of bodies established by this Act
Except as may be
otherwise provided by statute or by regulations, the quorum and procedure of
any body of persons established by this Act shall be such as may be determined
by that body.
24. Appointment of
committees, etc.
(1) Any body of
persons established by this Act shall, without prejudice to the generality of
the powers of that body, have power to appoint committees, which need not
consist exclusively of members of that body, and to authorise a committee
established by it--
(a)
to exercise, on its behalf, such of
its functions as it may determine; and
(b)
to co-opt members, and may direct
whether or not co-opted members (if any)
shall
be entitled to vote in that committee.
(2) Any two or more
such bodies may arrange for the holding of joint meeting those bodies, or for the appointment of committees
consisting of members of those bodies,
or for the purpose of considering any matter within the competence of those
bodies or any of them, and either of dealing with it or of reporting on it to
those bodies or any of
them.
(3) Except as may be
otherwise provided by statute or by regulations, the quorum and
procedure of a committee established or meeting held in pursuance of this
section shall be such as may be determined by the body or bodies
which have decided to establish the committee or hold the meeting.
(4) Nothing in the
foregoing provisions of this section shall be construed as--
(a)
enabling statutes to be made otherwise than
in accordance with section 12 of this Act; or
(b)
enabling the Senate to empower any other
body to make regulations or to award degrees or other qualifications.
(5) The Pro-Chancellor
and the Vice-Chancellor shall be members of every committee of which the
members are wholly or partly appointed by the Council (other than a
committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of any officer in question);
and the Vice- Chancellor shall be a member of every committee of which the
members are wholly or partly appointed by the Senate.
25. Retiring
age of academic staff of the University
(1) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Pensions Act, the compulsory retiring age of an
academic staff of a University shall be sixty-five years.
[1993 No. 11 Cap. P4.]
(2) A law or rule
requiring a person to retire from the public service after serving for thirty-five
years shall not apply to an academic staff of the University.
26. Special
provisions relating to pension of professors
A person who retires as a professor having served--
[1993 No.11 ]
(a)
a minimum period of fifteen
years as a professor in the University or continuously in the service of a
University in Nigeria up to the retiring age; and
(b)
who during the period of service
was absent from the University only on approved national or University assignments,
shall be entitled to pension at a rate equivalent to his last annual
salary and such allowances, as the Council may, from time to time,
determine as qualifying for pension and gratuity, in addition to any other
retirement benefits to which he may be entitled.
27.
Miscellaneous administrative provisions
(1) The seal of the
University shall be such as may be determined by the Council and approved by
the Chancellor; and the affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by any
member of the Council and by the Vice-Chancellor, registrar or any other person
authorised by statute.
(2) Any document
purporting to be a document executed under the seal of the University shall be
received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be
presumed to be so executed.
(3) Any contract or
instrument which, if made or executed by a person not being a body corporate;
would not be required to be under seal may be made or executed on behalf of the
University by any person generally or specifically authorised to do so by the
Council.
(4) The validity of
any proceedings of any body established in pursuance of this Act shall not be
affected by any vacancy in the membership of the body, or by any defect in the
appointment of a member of the body or by reason that any person not entitled
to do so took part in the proceedings.
(5) Any member of any
such body who has a personal interest in any matter proposed to be considered
by that body shall forthwith disclose his interest to the body and shall not vote
on any question relating to that matter.
(6) Nothing in section
12 of the Interpretation Act (which provides for the application, in relation to
subordinate legislation of certain incidental provisions) shall apply to
statutes or regulations made in pursuance of this Act; but the power conferred
by this Act to make statutes or regulations shall include power to revoke or
vary any Statute (including the statute contained in Third Schedule of
this Act) or any regulation by a subsequent statute, or, as the case may be, by
a subsequent regulation, and statute, and regulations may make different
provisions in reaction to different circumstances.
[Cap. 123. Third
Schedule.]
(7) No stamp or other
duty shall be payable in respect of any transfer of property to the University
by virtue of any provision of this Act.
(8) Any notice or
other instrument authorised or required to be served by virtue of this Act may,
without prejudice to any other mode of service, be served by post.
28. Repeal
The Nnamdi Azikiwe
University Law 1991 is hereby repealed.
29.
Interpretation
(l) In this Act,
unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the
meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say-
"campus" means the campus of the
University;
"college" means any college which
may be established by the University;
"Council" means the Council
established by this Act for the University;
"former
Law" means
the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Law 1991;
"former
University" means the Nnamdi Azikiwe University established under the Nnamdi
Azikiwe University Law 1991;
"graduate" means a person on whom a
degree (other than an honorary degree) has
been conferred by the University;
"Minister" means the Minister
charged with responsibility for higher education;
"notice" means notice in writing;
"officer" does not include the
Visitor;
"prescribed" means prescribed by
statutes or regulations;
"professor" means a person designated
as a professor of the University in accordance with provisions made in that
behalf by statute or by regulations;
"property" includes rights,
liabilities and obligations;
"regulations" means regulations made by
the senate;
"Senate" means the Senate of the
University established pursuant to section 3 (1) (c) of this
Act;
"statute" means a statute made by the
University under section 11 of this Act and in accordance with the provisions
of section 12 of this Act, and "the statutes" means
all
such statutes as are in force from time to time;
"student" means an undergraduate
and any person of such description as may be prescribed for the purposes of
this Act;
"teacher" means a person holding a
full-time appointment as a member of the teaching or research staff of the
University;
"undergraduate" means a person in statu
pupillari at the University other than-
(a)
a graduate; and
(b)
a person of such description as may be
prescribed for the purposes of the definition;
"University" means the Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, reconstituted by this Act.
(2) It is hereby declared
that where, in any provisions of this Act, it is laid down that proposals are
to be submitted or a recommendation is to be made by one authority to another
through one or more intermediate authorities, it shall be the duty of every
such intermediate authority to forward any proposals or recommendations
received by it in pursuance of that provision to the appropriate authority; but
any such intermediate authority may, if it thinks fit, forward therewith its
own comments thereon.
30. Short
title
This Act may be cited
as the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Act.
SCHEDULES
FIRST
SCHEDULE
[Section 3 (2).]
Principal officers
of the University
The Chancellor
1.
The Chancellor shall be
appointed by the President.
2.
(1) The Chancellor shall
hold office for a period of five years.
(2) If it appears to
the Visitor that the Chancellor should be removed from his office on the ground
of misconduct or inability to perform the functions of his office, the Visitor
may by notice in the Gazette remove the Chancellor from
office.
The Pro-Chancellor
3. (1) The Pro-Chancellor shall
be appointed or removed from office by the President on the recommendation of
the Minister.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of this Act, the Pro-Chancellor shall hold office for a period of
four years beginning with the date of his appointment.
The
Vice-Chancellor
4. (1) There shall be a
Vice-Chancellor of the University who shall be appointed by the President in
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
[1993 No. 11.]
(2)
Where a vacancy occurs in the post of a Vice-Chancellor, the Council shall-
[1993 No. 11.]
(a)
advertise the vacancy in a reputable journal or a widely read
newspaper in Nigeria, specifying-
(i)
the qualities of the persons who may apply for the post; and
(ii) the terms and conditions of service applicable to the
post, and thereafter draw up a short list of suitable candidates for the post
for consideration;
(b) constitute
a search team consisting of-
(i) a member of
the Council, who is not a member of the Senate, as chairman;
(ii) two members of the Senate who are not members of the Council, one
of whom shall be a professor;
(iii) two members of Congregation who are not members of the Council, one
of whom shall be a professor, to identify and nominate for consideration
suitable persons who are not likely to apply for the post on their
own volition because they feel that it is not proper to do so.
(3) A Joint Council
and Senate selection board consisting of-
(a) the Pro-Chancellor, as chairman;
(b) two members of the Council, not being members of
the Senate;
(c) two members of the Senate who are professors, but who
were not members of the search team, shall consider the candidates and persons
on the short list drawn up under subparagraph (2) of this paragraph through an
examination of
their curriculum vitae and interaction with them, and recommend to the Council
suitable candidates for further consideration.
[1996 No. 25.]
(4) The Council shall
select three candidates from among the candidates recommended to it under
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph and may indicate its order of preference
stating the reasons therefore and forward the names to the President.
(5) The President may
appoint as Vice-Chancellor, anyone of the candidates recommended to him in
accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (4) of this paragraph.
(6) The
Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a single term of five years only on such terms
and conditions as may be specified in his letter of appointment.
(7) For the avoidance
of doubt the provisions of subparagraph (6) of this paragraph shall-
[1996 No. 25.]
(a)
only be applicable to those appointed to the office of
Vice-chancellor after1 January, 1993;
(b)
not confer on a person serving a first term of office as
Vice-Chancellor before 1 January, 1993 any right to renewal of the appointment
for a further term of four years.
(8) The
Vice-Chancellor may be removed from office by the Visitor after due
consultation with the Council and the Senate acting through the Minister
of Education.
[1993 No. 11.]
Deputy
Vice-Chancellors
5. (1) There shall be
for the University such number of Deputy Vice-Chancellors as the Council may,
from time to time, deem necessary for the proper administration of the
University.
[1993 No. 11. 1996 No.
25.]
(2) Where a vacancy
occurs in the post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor shall
forward to the Senate a list of two candidates for each post of Deputy
Vice - Chancellor that is vacant.
(3) The Senate shall
select for each vacant post one candidate from each list forwarded to it under
subparagraph (2) of this paragraph and forward his name to the Council for
confirmation.
(4) A Deputy
Vice-Chancellor shall –
(a) assist the
Vice-Chancellor in the performance of his functions;
(b)
act in the place of the Vice-Chancellor when the post of the
Vice-Chancellor is vacant or if the Vice-Chancellor is, for any reason, absent
or unable to perform his functions as Vice-Chancellor; and
(c)
perform such other functions as the Vice-Chancellor or
the Council may, from time to time, assign to him.
(5) A Deputy
Vice-Chancellor-
(a)
shall hold office for a period of two years beginning from the
effective date of his appointment and on such terms and conditions as may be
specified in his letter of appointment; and
(b) may be re-appointed for one further period of two years and no
more.
Office of the
registrar
6. (1) There shall be a registrar,
who shall be the chief administrative officer of the University and shall
be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day administrative work of
the University except as regards matters for which the bursar is responsible in
accordance with paragraph 7 (2) of this Schedule.
[1993 No. 11. 1993 No.
55.]
(2) The person holding
the office of the registrar shall by virtue of that office be secretary
to the Council, the Senate, Congregation and Convocation.
(3) The registrar
shall hold office, for such period and on such terms as to the emoluments
of his office and otherwise as may be specified.
Other principal
officers of the University
7. (1) There shall be for the
University the following principal officers, in addition to the registrar, that
is-
[1993 No. 11. 1993 No.
55.]
(a) the bursar; and
(b) the university
librarian, who shall be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of
the selection board constituted under paragraph 8 of this Schedule.
(2) The bursar shall
be the chief financial officer of the University and be responsible to the
Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day administration and control of the financial
affairs of the University.
(3) The university
librarian shall be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the
administration of the University library and the co-ordination of the
library services in the University
and its campuses, colleges, faculties, schools, departments, institutes and
other teaching or research units.
(4) The bursar and
librarian shall hold office for such period and on such terms as to the emoluments
of their offices and otherwise as may be specified.
(5) Any question as to
the scope of the responsibilities of the aforesaid officers shall be determined
by the Vice-Chancellor.
Selection board
for other principal officers
8. (1) There shall be, for the
University, a selection board for the appointment of principal officers,
other than the Vice-Chancellor or Deputy Vice-Chancellor, which shall consist
of-
(a) the Pro-Chancellor, as
chairman;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor;
(c) four members of the Council not
being members of the Senate; and
(d) two members of the
Senate.
(2) The
functions, procedures and other matters relating to the selection board
constituted under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be as the
Council may, from time to time, determine.
Resignation and
re-appointment
9. (1) Any officer mentioned in
the foregoing provisions of this Schedule may resign his office-
(a) in case of the Chancellor, by
notice to the President; and
(b)
in any other case, by notice to the Council and the Council
shall, in the case of the Vice-Chancellor, immediately notify the Minister in
the case of the Vice-Chancellor.
(2) Subject to
paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Schedule, a person who has ceased to hold office so
mentioned otherwise than by removal for misconduct shall be eligible for re-
appointment to the office.
SECOND SCHEDULE
[Section
10 (2).]
Transitional
provisions as to property and functions, etc.
Transfer of
property to the University
1. Without prejudice to the
generality of section 10 (1) of this Act-
(a) the reference in that
subsection to property held by the provisional council shall include a
reference to the right to receive and give a good discharge for any grants or
contributions which may have been voted or promised to the Provisional council;
(b) all debts and
liabilities of the provisional council outstanding shall become debts or
liabilities of the University.
2. (1) All
agreements, contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the provisional
council was a party shall, so far as possible and subject to any necessary
modifications, have effect as if the University had been a party thereto
in place of the provisional council.
(2) Documents not
falling within sub-paragraph (1) of this section, including enactments,
which refer whether specifically or generally to the provisional council shall
be construed in accordance with that sub-paragraph so far as applicable.
(3) Any legal
proceedings or application to any authority pending by or against the provisional
council may be continued by or against the University.
Registration of
transfers
3. (1) If the law in force at
the place where any property transferred by this Act is situated provides for
the registration or transfers of property of the kind in question (whether by reference
to an instrument of transfer or otherwise), the law shall, so far as it
provides for alterations of a register (but not for avoidance of transfers, the
payment of fees or any other matter) apply with the necessary modifications to
the property aforesaid.
(2) It shall be the
duty of the body to which any property is transferred by this Act to furnish
the necessary particulars of the transfer to the proper officer of the
registration authority, and of that officer to register the transfer
accordingly.
Transfer of
functions, etc.
4. (1) The first meeting of
the Council shall be convened by the Pro-Chancellor on such date and in such
manner as he may determine.
(2) The persons who
were members of the provisional council as set up under the Third Schedule to
this Act shall have been duly constituted.
(3) The first meeting
of the Senate as constituted by this Act shall be convened by the Vice-Chancellor
on such date and in such manner as he may determine.
(4) The persons who
were members of the Senate immediately before the coming into force of this Act
shall be deemed to constitute the Senate of the University until the date when the
Senate of the University as set up under the Third Schedule to this Act shall
have been duly constituted.
(5) Subject to any
regulations which may be made by the Senate after the date on which this Act is
made, the schools, school boards and students of the University immediately
before the coming into force of this Act shall on that day become schools,
school boards and students of the University as constituted by this Act.
(6) Persons who were
deans or associate deans of schools or members of school boards shall continue
to be deans or associate deans or become members of the corresponding school boards,
until new appointments are made in pursuance of the statutes.
5. Any person who was a member
of the staff of the University as established or was otherwise employed by the
provisional council shall become the holder of an appointment at the University
with the status, designation and functions which correspond as nearly as may be
to those which appertained to him as a member of that staff or as such an
employee.
THIRD SCHEDULE
[Section 1.]
Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Statute No.1
ARRANGEMENT OF
ARTICLES
ARTICLES
1.
The Council.
2.
The Finance and General
Purposes Committee.
3.
The Senate.
4.
Congregation.
5.
Convocation.
6.
Organisation of
faculties and branches thereof.
7.
The dean of the faculty.
8.
Selection of Director of
Works.
ARTICLES
9.
Creation of academic
posts.
10.
Appointment of academic
staff.
11.
Appointment of
administrative and technical staff.
12.
Nnewi Campus, etc.
13.
Interpretation.
14.
Short title.
The Council
1. (l) The composition of
Council shall be as provided in section 5 of this Act.
(2) Any member of the
Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 5(a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this Act may, by notice to the
council, resign his office.
(3) A member of the
Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 5(a), (b),
(c) or (d) of this Act shall, unless he previously
vacates it, vacate that office on the expiration of the period of four years
beginning with effect from 1 August in the year in which he was appointed.
(4) Where a number of
the Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 5(a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this Act vacates office before
the expiration of the period aforesaid, the body or person by whom he was
appointed may appoint a successor to hold office for the residue of the term of
his predecessor.
(5) A person ceasing
to hold office as a member of the Council otherwise than by the removal for
misconduct shall be eligible for re-appointment for only one further period of four
years.
(6) The quorum of the
Council shall be seven at least one of whom shall be a member appointed
pursuant to section 5 (d), (e) or (h) of
this Act.
(7) If the
Pro-Chancellor is not present at a meeting of the Council such other member of
the Council present at the meeting as the Council may appoint as respects that
meeting shall be the chairman at that meeting, and subject to section 4 of the
Act and the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Council may regulate
its own procedure.
(8) Where the Council
desires to obtain advice with respect to any particular matter, it may co-opt
not more than two persons for that purpose; and the persons co-opted may take part
in the deliberations of the Council at any meeting but shall not be entitled to
vote.
The Finance and
General Purposes Committee
2. (1) The Finance and General
Purposes Committee of the Council shall consist of-
(a)
the Pro-Chancellor, who shall be the chairman of the committee
at any at which he is present;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor;
(c)
six other members of the Council appointed by the Council,
two of whom shall be selected from among the three members of the Council
appointed by the Senate and one of whom shall be selected from among members of
the Council appointed by the Congregation;
(d) the Permanent
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance or, in his absence, such member of
his Ministry as may be designated to represent him.
(2) The quorum
of the committee shall be six.
(3) Subject to any
directions given by the Council, the committee may regulate its own procedure.
The Senate
3.
(1) The Senate shall consist of
(a) the Vice-Chancellor;
(b) deans of the several faculties;
(c) the directors of several
institutions;
(d) the professors;
(e) the librarian;
(f) the persons for the time being
holding such appointments on the staff of the University as may be specified by
the Vice-Chancellor; and
(g) such teachers (of senior
lecturer rank and above and not being more than two in respect of each faculty)
as may be elected from among the members of each faculty, the total number
thereof to be determined from time to time by the
Senate.
(2) The
Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman at all meetings of the Senate when he is present;
and in his absence, such other members of the Senate present at the meeting as
the Senate may appoint for that meeting shall be chairman at the meeting.
(3) The quorum of the
Senate shall be one-quarter (or the nearest whole number less than one
quarter), and subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the Senate may regulate
its own procedure.
(4) An elected
member may, by notice to the Senate, resign his office.
(5) Subject to
paragraph (7) of this article, there shall be elections for the selection of elected
members which shall be held in the prescribed manner on such day in the month
of Mayor June in each year as the Vice-Chancellor may, from time to time,
determine.
(6) An elected member
shall hold office for the period of two years beginning from 1 August in the
year of his election, and may be a candidate at any election held in pursuance of
paragraph (5) of this article in the year in which his period of office
expires, so however that no person shall be such a candidate if at the end of
his current period of office he will have held office as an elected member for
a continuous period of six years or would have so held office if he had not
resigned it.
(7) No election shall
be held in pursuance of this article in any year if the number
specified in the certificate given in pursuance of paragraph (9) of this
article does not exceed, by more than one, the figure which is thrice the
number of those elected members holding office on the date of the certificate
who do not vacate office during that year in pursuance of paragraph (6) of
this article: but for the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that no
person shall be precluded from continuing in or taking office as an elected
member by reason only of
a reduction in the total of non-elected members occurring on or after 30 April
in any year in which he is to continue in or take office as an elected member.
(8) If so requested in
writing by any ten members of the Senate, the Vice-Chancellor, or in his
absence, a person duly appointed by him, shall convene a meeting of the Senate
to be held not later than the tenth day following that on which the request was
received.
(9) In this
article, "total of non-elected members" means
in respect of any year, such number as may be certified by the Vice-Chancellor
on 30 April of that year to be the number of persons holding office as members
of the Senate on that day otherwise than as elected members.
Congregation
4. (1) Congregation shall consist
of-
(a) the Vice-Chancellor;
(b) the full-time members of the
academic staff;
(c) the registrar;
(d) the bursar; and
(e) every member of the
administrative staff who holds a degree of any University recognised
for the purposes of this statute by the Vice-Chancellor, not being an honorary
degree.
(2) Subject to section
5 of this Act, the Vice-Chancellor shall be the chairman at all meetings of
Congregation when he is present; and in his absence such other member of Congregation
present at the meeting as the Congregation may appoint for that
meeting, shall be the chairman at the meeting.
(3) The quorum of
Congregation shall be one-third (or the whole number nearest to one-third) of
the total number of members of Congregation or fifty, whichever is less.
(4) A certificate
signed by the Vice-Chancellor specifying-
(a)
the total number of members of Congregation for the purposes of
a particular meeting or meetings of Congregation; or
(b) the names of the persons who
are members of Congregation during a particular period, shall be
conclusive evidence of that number or, as the case may be, of the names of
those persons.
(5) Subject to the
foregoing provision of this article, Congregation may regulate its
own procedure.
(6) Congregation shall
be entitled to express by resolution or otherwise its opinion on all matters
affecting the interest and welfare of the University and shall have such other
functions, in addition to the function of electing a member of the Council,
as may be provided by statute or regulations.
Convocation
5. (1) Convocation shall consist
of-
(a) the officers of the University
mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act;
(b) all teachers as defined in section 29 of this Act;
(c) all other persons whose names are registered in
accordance with paragraph (2)
of this article.
(2) A person shall be
entitled to have his name registered as a member of Convocation
(a)
he is either a graduate of the University or a person
satisfying such requirements as may be prescribed for the purpose of
this paragraph; and
(b)
he applies for the registration of his name in the
prescribed manner and pays the prescribed fees.
(3) Regulations
shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register for the purpose
of this article and, subject to paragraph (4) of this article, may provide for
the payment from time to time of further fees by persons whose names are
on the register and for the removal from the register of the name of any person
who fails to pay those fees.
(4) The person responsible
for maintaining the register shall, without the payment of any fees, ensure
that the names of all persons who are for the time being members of Convocation
by virtue of paragraph (1) (a) or (b) of
this article are entered and retained on the register without payment of any
fees.
(5) A person who
reasonably claims that he is entitled to have his name on the register shall be
entitled on demand to inspect the register or a copy of the register at the
principal offices of the University at all reasonable times.
(6) The register
shall, unless the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that any person
named therein is, and that any person not named therein is not, a member of Convocation;
but for the purpose of ascertaining whether a particular person was such a
member on a particular date, any entries in and deletions from the register
made on or after that date shall be disregarded.
(7) The quorum of
Convocation shall be fifty or one-third (or the whole number nearest to
one-third) of the total number of members of Convocation whichever is less.
(8) Subject to section
6 of this Act, the Vice-Chancellor shall be the chairman at all meetings of
Convocation when he is present, and in his absence, such other member of Convocation
present at the meeting as Convocation may appoint for that meeting, shall be
the chairman at the meeting.
(9) Convocation shall
have such other functions, in addition to the functions of appointing a member
of the Council, as may be provided by statute.
Organisation of
faculties and branches thereof
6. (1) Each faculty shall be
divided into such number of branches as may be prescribed.
(2) There shall be
established in respect of each faculty a faculty board, which, subject to
provisions of this statute, and subject to the directions of the
Vice-Chancellor, shall-
(a)
regulate the teaching and study of, and the conduct of
examinations connected with the subjects assigned to the faculty;
(b)
deal with any other matter assigned to it by statute or
by the Vice-Chancellor or by the Senate; and
(c)
advise the Vice-Chancellor or the Senate on any matter referred to
it by the Vice-Chancellor or the Senate.
(3) Each faculty board
shall consist of-
(a) the Vice-Chancellor;
(b) the persons severally in charge
of the branches of the faculty;
(c) such of the teachers assigned
to the faculty and having the prescribed qualifications as the board may
determine; and
(d)
such persons whether or not members of the University as the board
may determine with the general or special approval of the Senate.
(4) The quorum of the
board shall be eight members or one-quarter (whichever is greater) of the
members for the time being of the board; and subject to the provisions of this statute
and to any provisions made by regulations in that behalf, the board may
regulate its own procedure.
The dean of the
faculty
7. (1) The dean of a faculty
shall be a professor elected by the faculty board and each dean shall hold
office for a term of two consecutive academic years after which he shall
not be eligible for re-election until four years elapsed.
(2) If there is no
professor in a faculty, the office of the dean of the faculty shall be held in
rotation by members of the faculty holding the rank of reader or senior
lecturer on the basis of seniority as determined by the Senate.
(3) The dean shall be
the chairman at all meetings of the faculty board when he is present and
he shall be a member of all committees and other boards appointed by the
faculty.
(4) The dean of a
faculty shall exercise general superintendence over the academic and administrative
affairs of the faculty and it shall be the function of the dean to present to
Congregation for the conferment of degrees on persons who have qualified for
the degrees of the University at examinations held in the branches of learning
for which responsibility is allocated to that faculty.
(5) There shall be a
committee to be known as the Committee of Deans consisting of all Deans
of the several faculties and that committee shall advise the Vice-Chancellor on
all academic matters and on particular matters referred to the University
Council by Senate.
(6) The Dean of a
Faculty may be removed from office for good cause by the faculty board after a
vote would have been taken at a meeting of the board, and in the event of a
vacancy occurring following the removal of a Dean, an acting Dean may be
appointed by the Vice-Chancellor; provided that at the next faculty board
meeting an election shall be held for
a new Dean.
(7) In this
article, "good cause" has the same meaning
as in section 1 (4) of this Act.
Selection of
director of works
8. (1) When a vacancy occurs in
the office of the director of works, a selection board shall be constituted by
the Council and shall consist of-
(a) the Pro-Chancellor;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor;
(c) two members appointed by the
Council, not being members of the Senate; and
(d) two members appointed by
the Senate.
(2) The selection
board, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, shall recommend a candidate
to the Council for appointment to the vacant office; and after considering the
recommendation of the selection board the Council may make an appointment to
that office.
Creation of
academic posts
9. Recommendations for the
creation of academic posts shall be made by Senate to the Council through the
Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Appointment of
academic staff
10. Subject to this Act and
statutes, the filling of vacancies in academic posts (including newly
created ones) shall be as prescribed from time to time by statutes.
Appointment of
administrative and technical staff
11. (1) The administrative
and technical staff of the University other than principal officers and those
mentioned in article 9 of this statute, shall be appointed by the Council or on
its behalf by the Vice-Chancellor or the registrar in accordance with the
delegation of powers made by the Council in that behalf.
(2) In the case of
administrative or technical staff who have close and important contacts with the
academic staff, there shall be Senate participation in the process of
selection.
Nnewi Campus, etc.
12. (1) There shall continue to
exist as an integral part of the University-
(a)
the Nnewi Campus of the former University which shall continue
to teach, research on or otherwise carry out the functions of the University in
relation to courses pertaining to pharmaceutical sciences, health sciences
including medicine and dentistry; and
(b)
the College located at Nnewi Campus of the former University
which shall be known and called the College of Health Sciences of the
University.
(2) The administrative
headquarters of the Nnewi Campus shall continue to be located at Awka.
(3) The person holding
the post of provost of the College of Health Sciences immediately before the
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the provost of the College of
Health Sciences of the University as reconstituted under this Act.
(4) The College of
Health Sciences of the University shall continue to have the objects and
status as are conferred on the College of Health Sciences as reconstituted
under this Act.
Interpretation
13. In this statute, the
expression "the Act" means the Nnamdi
Azikiwe University Act and any expression defined in the Act has the same
meaning in this statute.
Short Title
14. This statute may be cited
as the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Statute No. l.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
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