UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI ACT
UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Constitution and Functions of the University and its constituent bodies, etc.
SECTION
1. Incorporation and objects of the University of Maiduguri.
2. Constitution and Principal
Officers of the University.
3. Powers of the University, and
their exercise.
4. Functions of the Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor.
5. Composition of the Council.
6. Functions of the Council and its Finance and General Purposes
Committee.
7. Functions of the Senate.
8. Functions of the Vice-Chancellor.
Transfer of property, etc., to the University
9. Transfer of property, functions, etc.
Statutes of the University
10. Power of University to make statutes.
11. Mode of exercising power to make statutes.
12. Proof of statutes.
13. Power of Visitor to decide meaning of statutes.
Supervision of the University
14. The Visitor.
15. Removal of certain members of Council.
16. Removal of and discipline of academic and administrative and
professional staff.
17. Removal of examiners.
18. Discipline of students.
Miscellaneous and general
19. Exclusion of discrimination on account of race, religion, etc.
20. Compulsory acquisition of land.
21. Restriction on disposal of land by University.
22. Quorum and procedure of bodies established by this Act.
23. Appointment of committees, etc.
24. Retiring age of academic staff of the University.
25. Special provisions relating to pension of professors.
26. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
27. Interpretation.
28. Short title.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Principal Officers of the University
SECOND SCHEDULE
Transitional provisions as to property, functions, etc.
THIRD SCHEDULE
University of Maiduguri Statute No. 1
UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI ACT
An Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of the University of Maiduguri and to make comprehensive provisions for its due administration.
[1979 No. 83.]
[28th September, 1979]
[Commencement.]
Constitution and Functions of the University and its constituent
bodies, etc.
1. Incorporation and objects of the University of Maiduguri
(1) There is hereby established a university to be known as the University
of Maiduguri (in this Act referred to as "the University") which
shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
(2) The University may sue or be
sued in its corporate name.
(3) 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
breaches, 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.
2. 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 paragraphs (a) to (c) of this
subsections;
(i) all graduates and undergraduates; and
(j) all other persons who are members of the University in accordance with
provision made by statute in that behalf.
(2) The First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the
principal officers of the 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..
3. Powers of the University and their exercise
(1) For carrying out its objects as specified in section 1 of this Act, the
University shall have power-
(a) to 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) to institute professorships, readerships, lectureships and other posts
and offices and to make appointments thereto;
(c) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions,
Bursaries, medals, prizes and other titles, distinctions, awards and forms of
assistance;
(d) to provide for the discipline and welfare of members of the University;
(e) 10 hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas, certificates and
other distinctions 10 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) to grant honorary degrees, fellowships or academic titles;
(g) to demand and receive from any
student or any other persons 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 20 of this Act, to acquire, hold, grant, charge or
otherwise deal with or dispose of movable and immovable property wherever
situate;
(i) to 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) to enter into contracts, establish trusts, act as trustee, solely or
jointly with any other person, and employ and act through agents;
(k) to 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) to hold public lectures and to undertake printing, publishing and book
selling;
(m) subject to any limitations or conditions imposed by statute, to invest
any moneys 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 to deposit any moneys for the time being uninvested with any
bank on deposit or current account;
(n) to borrow, whether on interest or not and 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) to make gifts for any charitable purpose;
(p) to arrange for the general welfare of children of members of staff;
(q) to do anything which it is authorised or required by this Act or by
statute to do; and
(r) to 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 8 (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 Councilor 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.
4. Functions of the Chancellor and the 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 Congregation or
Convocation and the Pro-Chancellor shall, when he is present, be the chairman
at all meetings of the Council.
5. Composition of the Council
The Council of the University shall consist of-
[1993 No. 11. 1996 No. 25.]
(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 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 the University and shall be charged with
the general control and superintendence of the policy, finances and property of
the University, including its public relations.
(3) 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
accounts 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, of
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 28 days after the receipt of such request call a meeting
of the Council. The request shall specify the business to be considered at the
meeting and no business not so specified shall be transacted at the meeting.
7. Functions of the Senate
(1) Subject to section 6 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 of the
University, the admission (where no other enactment provides to the contrary)
of students and the discipline of students, 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 provisions 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 at 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 recommendation to the Council with respect to the award
to any person of an honorary fellowship or honorary degree or the title of
professor emeritus;
(e) the establishment, organisation and control of halls of residence and
similar institution 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 award are within the control of the University; and
(h) determining what descriptions 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 University,
without the approval of the Council.
(4) Subject to this Act and the statutes, the Senate may make regulations
for the purpose of exercising any functions conferred on it either by the
foregoing provisions of this section or otherwise or for the purpose of making
provisions for any matter for which provisions by regulations 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 the enquiry he is shown to have been guilty of dishonourable or
scandalous conduct in gaining admission into the University or obtaining that
award.
8. Functions of Vice-Chancellor
(1) The Vice-Chancellor shall, in relation to the University, take
precedence before all other members of the University except the Chancellor
and, subject to section 4 of this Act, except the Pro-Chancellor and any other
person for the time being acting as chairman of the Council.
(2) Subject to section 6, 7 and 14
of this Act, 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
9. Transfer of property, functions etc.
(1) All property held by or on behalf of the provisional council 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
10. Power of 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 a non-academic matter for the purposes of this
Act and of any statute, regulation or other instrument made thereunder; or
(e) making provision for any other matter for
which provision by statute is authorised or required by this Act.
(2) Subject to section 26 (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 come into force on the commencement of this Act and shall be deemed to
have been made under this section.
[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 of omission of any
matter in or from the Statute contained in the Third Schedule to this Act or
any subsequent statute.
[Third Schedule.]
11. Mode of exercising power to make statutes
(1) The power of the University to make statutes shall be exercised in
accordance with 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 members present and voting.
(3) A proposed statute may originate either in the senate or in the
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.]
12. 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 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.
13. 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 sure decision thereon as be shall
think fit.
(2) (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, 1999.
[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 a nonacademic 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
14. 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 persons as the Visitor may deem fit
and in respect of any of the affairs of the University.
(3) It shall be the duty of the bodies and person comprising the University- (a)
to make available to the Visitor, and to any other persons 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 provisions of
this Act which may be given by the Visitor in consequence of a visitation.
15. 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 mis-conduct or inability to perform the functions of his office or
employment, the Council shall make a recommendation to that effect through the
Minister to the President, after making such enquiries (if any) as may be considered
appropriate, approves the recommendation it may direct the removal of the
person in question from office.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Minister to use his best endeavours to cause a
copy of the instrument embodying a direction under subsection (1) of this
section to be served as soon as reasonably practicable on the person to whom it
relates.
16. Removal of and discipline of academic and administrative and
professional staff
(1) If it appears to the Council that there are reasons for believing that
any person employed as a member of the academic or administrative or
professional 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 representations 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 notice, make arrangements-
(i) for a joint committee of the Council and the Senate to investigate the
matter and to report on it to the Council; and
(ii) for the person in question to be afforded as opportunity of appearing
before and being heard by the investigating committee with respect to the
matter, and if the Council, after considering the report of the investigating
committees is satisfied that the person in question should be removed as
aforesaid, the Council may so remove him by an instrument in writing signed on
the directions of the Council.
(2) The Vice-Chancellor may, in a case of misconduct by a member of the 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.
(3) 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 the terms and conditions of his
service.
(4) 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);
(b) whether to reinstate such person, in which case the Council shall
restore his full emoluments to him with effect from the date of suspension;
(c) whether to terminate the appointment of the person concerned, in
which case such a person concerned 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 that might have
been withheld) as the Council may determine, and in any case where the Council,
pursuant to 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.
(6) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall prevent the
Council from making regulations for the discipline of the other categories of
staff and workers of the University as may be prescribed.
17. Removal of examiners
(1) If, on the recommendation of the Senate, 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 appointment by an instrument in
writing signed by the Vice-Chancellor and, subject to the provisions of regulations
made in pursuance of section 7 (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 this subsection.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor, on signing an instrument of
removal in pursuance of this section, to use his best endeavours to cause a
copy of the instrument to be served as soon as reasonably practicable on the
person to whom it relates.
18. 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 powers 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 (1) (c) or (d) of this section
in respect of any student, the student may, within the prescribed period and in
the prescribed manner, appeal from the direction 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 the
last foregoing subsection shall not affect the question of the direction while
the appeal is pending.
(4) The Vice-Chancellor may delegate his powers under this section to a
disciplinary board consisting of such members of the University otherwise than
on the ground of misconduct.
(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 (1) (b) of this
section. Miscellaneous and general
19. Exclusion of discrimination on account of race, religion, etc.
No person shall be required to satisfy requirements as to any of the
following matters, that is to say, race (including ethnic grouping), sex, place
of birth or of 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 subject 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 willfully 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 circumstances pertaining thereto, is in the opinion of the
University reasonably justifiable in the national interest.
20. Compulsory acquisition of land
For the purposes of the Land Use Act (which provided 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 Federal Government in pursuance of this section, the Federal
Government may, by a certificate under hand and seal of the Registrar of Deeds,
transfer it to the University or to any college of the University.
[Cap. L5.]
21. Restriction on disposal of land by University
Without prejudice to the provisions of the Land Use Act, 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 with the prior
written consent, either general or special, of the President:
[Cap. L5.]
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 21 years or any lease or
tenancy to a member of the University for residential purposes.
22. 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.
23. 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 meetings
of those bodies, or for the appointment of committees consisting of members of
those bodies, 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 10 of this Act; or
(b) enabling the Senate to empower any other body to make regulations or
to award degrees or other qualification.
(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 the 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.
24. 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 65 years.
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(2) A law or rule requiring a person to retire from the public service after
serving for 35 years shall not apply to an academic staff of the University.
25. Special provisions relating to pension of professors
A person who retires as a professor having served-
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(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.
26. 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 deemed 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 specially
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
the Third Schedule to this Act) or any regulations by a subsequent statute or,
as the case may be, by a subsequent regulation, and statute and regulations may
make different provision in relation 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 sections 9 and 20 of this Act or the
Second Schedule to this Act.
[Second Schedule.]
(8) Any notice or other instrument authorised to be served by virtue of this
Act may, without prejudice to any other mode of service, be served by post.
27. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"campus" means any campus which
may be established by the University;
"college" means any college
which may be established by the University;
"Council" means the Council
established by this Act for the University;
"graduate" means a
person on whom a degree (other than an honorary degree) has been conferred by
the University;
"Minister" means the
Federal Minister charged with responsibility for higher education;
"notice" means notice in
writing;
"officer" does not include the
Visitor;
"prescribed" means
prescribed by statute or regulations;
"professor" means a
person designated as a professor of the University in accordance with provision
made in that behalf by statute or by regulations;
"property" includes
rights, liabilities and obligations;
"provisional council" means the
provisional council appointed for the University by the Federal Executive
Council with effect from 1 June 1976;
"regulations" means
regulations made by the Senate or Council;
"Senate" means the Senate of
the University established pursuant to section 2 (1) (c) of this Act;
"statute" means a statute made
by the University under section 10 of this Act and in accordance with the
provisions of section 11 of this Act, and "the statutes" means all
such statutes as are in force from time to time;
"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 this definition;
"University" means the
University of Maiduguri as incorporated and constituted by this Act.
(2) It is hereby declared that where in any provision 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.
28. Short title
This Act may be cited as the University of Maiduguri Act.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Section 2 (2).]
Principal Officers of the University
The Chancellor
1. The Chancellor shall be appointed by the President of Nigeria.
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 of inability to perform the functions
of his office, the Visitor may by notice in the Federal Gazette remove the
Chancellor from office.
The Pro-Chancellor
3. (1) The Pro-Chancellor shall be
appointed or removed 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.
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(2) Where a vacancy occurs in the 'post of a Vice-Chancellor, the
Council shall-
(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 of 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.
(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.
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(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-
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(a) only be applicable to those appointed to the office of Vice-Chancellor
after 1 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.
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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.
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(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.
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(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 offices 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-
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(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-
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(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, procedure 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 the case of the Chancellor, by notice to
the President; and
(b) in any other case, by notice to the Council
and the Council shall immediately notify the Minister in the case of the
Vice-Chancellor.
(3) Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Schedule, a person who has ceased
to hold an office so mentioned otherwise than by removal for misconduct shall
be eligible for reappointment to that office
SECOND SCHEDULE
[Section 9 2).]
Transitional provisions as to property, functions, etc.
Transfer of property to University
1. Without prejudice to the
generality of section 9 (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 paragraph,
including enactments, which refer whether specially 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. If the law in force at the place where any property transferred by this
Act is situated provides for the registration of 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 transfer of the property
aforesaid; and 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 shall be
deemed to constitute the Council until the date when the Council 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 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 faculties, faculty boards and students
of the University immediately before the corning into force of this Act shall
on that day become faculties, faculty boards and students of the University as
constituted by this Act.
(6) Persons who were Deans or Associate Deans of faculties or schools
or members of Faculty Boards shall continue to be Deans or Associate Deans or
become members of the corresponding faculty boards, until new appointments are
made in pursuance of the statutes.
(7) 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 10 (3).]
University of Maiduguri Statute No.1
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES
ARTICLE
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. Faculty Board.
8. The Dean of the Faculty.
9. Selection of Director of Works.
10. Creation of academic posts.
11. Appointment of academic staff.
12. Appointment of administrative and professional staff.
13. Interpretation.
14. Short title.
The Council
1. (1) 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 the 1st of August in the year in which he was
appointed.
(4) Where a member 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 to 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. (l) 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
meeting at which he is present;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors;
(c) six other members of the Council appointed by the Council, two of whom
shall be selected from among the four members of the Council appointed by the
senate and one member appointed to Council by the Congregation;
(d) the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance or, in his
absence, such member of his Ministry shall as may be designated to represent
him.
(3) The quorum of the Committee shall be five.
(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 and the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor;
(b) the Deans of the several faculties;
(c) the Directors of the several institutes;
(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 member of the Senate
present at the meeting as the Senate may appoint for that meeting, shall be the
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 a period of two years
beginning with 1August 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, as respects any year, such number as may be certified by the
Vice-Chancellor on the 30th of 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 and the Deputy 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 4 of the Act, the Vice-Chancellor shall be the
chairman at all meetings of Congregation when he is present; and in his absence
such other member or Congregation present at the meeting as Congregation may
appoint for that meeting, shall be the chairman at the meeting.
(3) The quorum of the Congregation shall be one third (or the whole
number nearest to one third) of the total number of members of the 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 any 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 provisions 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 the Act;
(b) all teachers within the meaning of the Act;
and
(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 if-
(a) he is either a graduate of the University or a
person satisfying such requirements as may be prescribed for the purposes of
this paragraph; and
(b) he applies for the registration of his name in
the prescribed manner and pays the prescribed fee, and regulations shall
provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register for the purposes of
this paragraph and, subject to paragraph (3) 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.
(3) The person responsible for maintaining the register shall, without
the payment of any fees, ensure that the names of all person 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) Subject to section 4 of the Act, the Chancellor shall be chairman
at all meetings of Convocation when he is present, and in his absence, the
Vice-Chancellor shall be the chairman at the meeting.
(8) Convocation shall have such functions, in addition to the function
of appointing a member of the Council, as may be provided by statute.
Organisation of Faculties and Branches thereof
6. Each faculty shall be divided
into such number of branches as may be prescribed.
Faculty Board
7. (1) There shall be established
in respect of each faculty a Faculty Board, which, subject to the 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 subject 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.
(2) Each Faculty Board shall consist or-
(a) 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 general or special approval or the
Senate.
(3) 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 provision made by
regulations in that behalf, the board may regulate its own procedure.
The Dean of the Faculty
8. (1) The Dean of the Faculty
shall be a professor elected by the faculty board and such Dean shall hold
office for a term of two years. He will be eligible for re-election for another
term of two years after which he may not be elected again until two years have
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
ranks 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. It shall be the
function of the Dean to present to Convocation for the conferment of degrees
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 the 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 16 (3) of the Act.
Selection of Director of Works
9. (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) 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 Council for appointment to the vacant office;
and after considering the recommendation of the Board the Council may make an
appointment to that office.
Creation of academic posts
10. Recommendations for the creation
of academic posts shall be made by the Senate to the Council through the
Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Appointment of academic staff
11. Subject to the Act and the
statutes, the filing of vacancies in academic posts (including newly created
ones) shall be as prescribed from time to time by statutes.
Appointment of administrative and professional staff
12. (1) The administrative and
professional staff of the University, other than principal officers and that
mentioned in article 9 of this Statute, shall be appointed by the Councilor on
its behalf by the Vice-Chancellor or the Registrar in accordance with any
delegation of powers made by the Council in that behalf.
(2) In the case of administrative or professional staff who have close
and important contacts with the academic staff, there shall be Senate
participation in the process of selection. Interpretation
13. In this Statute, the expression
"the Act" means the University of Maiduguri 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
University of Maiduguri Statute No. I.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
No Subsidiary Legislation
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