UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT ACT
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Constitution and Functions of the University and its constituent bodies, etc.
SECTION
1. Incorporation
and objects of the University.
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 and discipline
14. The Visitor.
15. Removal of certain
members of Council.
16. Removal of and
discipline of academic, 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. Restriction on disposal
of land by University.
21. Quorum and procedure of
bodies established by this Act.
22. Appointment of
committees, etc.
23. Retiring age of
academic staff of the University.
24. Special provisions
relating to pension of professors.
25. Miscellaneous
administrative provisions.
26. Interpretation.
27. Short title.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Principal Officers of
the University
SECOND SCHEDULE
Transitional provisions
as to property, functions, etc.
THIRD SCHEDULE
University of Port
Harcourt Statute No. 1
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT ACT
An Act to establish and incorporate the University of Port Harcourt and to make comprehensive provisions for its powers, functions and due administration.
[1979 No. 84.]
[28th September, 1979]
[Commencement.]
Constitution and
Functions of the University and its constituent bodies, etc.
1. Incorporation
and objects of the University
(1) There is hereby established the
University of Port Harcourt (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 and be
sued in its corporate name.
(3) The objects of the University shall be
to-
(a) 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) 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) encourage and promote scholarship and
conduct research in all fields of learning and human endeavour;
(d) relate its activities to the social, cultural and
economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and
(e) 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 subsection;
[First Schedule.]
(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 the carrying out of 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 residence, discipline and welfare of
members of the University;
(e) to 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) to grant honorary degrees, fellowships or academic titles;
(g) to 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 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 bookselling;
(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
Pro-Chancellor
(l) 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.
(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 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 of the Council, of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and of
any other committee set up by the Council respectively 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 that 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 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 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 recommendations 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 institutions at the University;
(f) the supervision of the welfare of students at the University
and the regulations 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 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 the 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 function
conferred on it either by the foregoing provisions 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.
8. Functions of the 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 sections 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 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 25 (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 or omission of any matter in or from the Statute contained in the
Third Schedule to this Act or any subsequent statute.
11. 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 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 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: 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) The foregoing provisions 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 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
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
persons 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 misconduct 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 and if 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,
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 the 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; or
(ii) 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,
and if the Council, after considering the report of the investigating
committee, 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 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.
(5) It shall be the duty of the person by
whom an instrument of removal is signed in pursuance of subsection (l) above 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.
(6) 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.
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 representation 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 that-
(a) 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) 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) the student be rusticated for such period as may be specified in
the direction; or
(d) 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 operation 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 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 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 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 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. 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 lease or tenancy to a member of the University for
residential purposes.
21. 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.
22. Appointment of committees, etc.
(1) Any body of persons established by the
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 1 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 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.
23. 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.
[Cap. P4.]
(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.
[1993 No. 11.]
24. 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.
25. 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 of this Act) or
any regulation by a subsequent statute or, as the case may be, by a subsequent
regulation, and statutes and regulations may make different provision in
relation to different circumstances.
[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.
26. 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 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 President with effect from 5 April 1978;
"regulations" means regulations made by the Senate
or Council;
"statute" means the statute of 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 Port
Harcourt 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.
27. Short title
This Act may be cited as the University of
Port Harcourt Act.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Section 2 (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) It if 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.
[1993 No. 11.]
(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.
[1996 No. 25.]
(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 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.
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. (l) 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 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-
[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-
[1996 No. 55.]
(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.
(2) 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 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 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 transfer
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 of this Act shall have
been duly constituted.
(3) The first meeting of the Senate as
reconstituted 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 Schedule 3 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
coming 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.
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 10 (3).]
University of Port
Harcourt Statute No.1
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES
ARTICLE
- The Council.
- The Finance and General Purposes Committee.
- The Senate.
- Congregation.
- Convocation.
- Organisation of faculties and branches thereof.
- Faculty boards.
- The Dean of the faculty.
- Selection of Director of Works.
- Creation of academic posts.
- Appointments of academic staff.
- Appointment of administrative and professional staff.
- Interpretation.
- 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 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
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.
(2) 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-Chancellors;
(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;
(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
thereto to be determined from time to time by the Senate; and
(h) such persons, not exceeding
two in number, whether or not members of the University, as may be appointed by
the Senate to be members of 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 1 August in the year of his election,
and may be a candidate at any election held in pursuance of paragraph (5) above
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
would 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 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 01'--
(a) the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellors;
(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 of 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-
[First Schedule.]
(a) 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 fees, and regulations shall provide
for the establishment and maintenance of a register for the purposes of this
paragraph and, subject to paragraph (3) below, 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 persons who are for the time being members of convocation by virtue of
paragraph (l) (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 boards
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 subjects assigned to the faculty;
(b) deal with any other matter assigned to it by the 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 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.
(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
provisions made by regulations in that behalf, the board may regulate its own
procedure.
The Dean of the faculty
8. (1) The Dean of a 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 statute.
(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 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) 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 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
10.
Subject
to the Act and the 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 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 Port Harcourt Act and any expression defined in the Act has
the same meaning in this Statute.
Short title
14. The Statute may be cited as University of Port
Harcourt Statute No. I.
SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
No
Subsidiary Legislation
Comments
Post a Comment