BREAKING: Atiku’s University sacks over 400 staff

The American University of Nigeria, Yola owned by former Vice President and PDP Presidential aspirant in 2019, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday sacked over 400 staff.

This is happening just few days after another of Atiku’s organisation, a media outfit, Gotel Communication, fired 46 staff on Workers Day.

Onyxnews Nigeria gathered that the Sack Letters were signed by the President of AUN, Dawn Dekle who said that the university no longer needed the services of the affected staff.

According to SaharaReporters, some of the disengaged workers said that they were sacked without severance benefits despite serving the university for about 10 years.

Although, Vice President, University Relations of the institution, Abubakar Abba Tahir, denied the allegation.

A view of American University of Nigeria, Yola

His words, “Ask them to show you their disengagement letters.

“Until now, AUN has operated a student-staff ratio which balance had continued to affect the sustainability of the university.

“It would not be realistic for AUN to continue to anchor its administrative structure on an over-bloated personnel whose role do not have significant effect on the philosophy of a development university.

“Thus, consequent upon the university’s new Governing Council vote to restructure the institution in line with its agenda for sustainability, a process of workforce rationalisation had been in the pipeline.

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“It is now time for the university to look back, look around and look ahead to ensure that realistic and globally competitive administrative practices can be achieved in structure, strategy and focus.”