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Resident doctors at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) have urged the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to reverse the alleged exclusion of clinical lecturers from contesting for the institution’s vice chancellor.
The doctors, under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD-NAUTH) made the call on Wednesday as a strike embarked upon by the clinical lecturers entered the fourth week.
The clinical lecturers who commenced strike on September 25 are protesting the alleged insertion of some criteria, which they said did not consider the peculiarities of their career progression path.
The advert had said applicants for the position of the university’s vice chancellor must possess a first degree, a Master’s degree and a PhD for 15 years which according to them did not fit into their academic pathway at NAU and globally.
In a statement signed by Chiemezie Agbanu and Nwabueze Okeke, President and Secretary, respectively, ARD-NAUTH called on the council to remove the criteria and make the contest open to every qualified individual.
