The winner of the April 2023 Chairmanship election of the Non-Academic Staff Union (Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), University of Abuja, Comrade Mohammed Wambai, has called on the national Secretariat of the body to inaugurate the elected officials in the interest of justice.
Wambai who made this demand while speaking with journalists in Abuja accused the national President, Makolo Hassan of sitting on the University of Abuja NASU election because he and some national EXCO members have a vested interest in the leadership of the University of Abuja Chapter.
He is of the opinion that the national President and his team were afraid that swearing him in with those elected along with him, might affect their chances of emerging winners in their second term ambition, as the President will seek chapter endorsement to scale through.
Wambai expressed great shock and concerns that the same national President, who supervised the University of Abuja’s April election, alongside the Secretary-General, Comrade Peter Adeyemi, and other national and State officers, turned around to declare the election nullified.
“The statement captioned “The outcome of the two principal positions’ Election contravened the approved policy of the Union” is what I find difficult to understand, as I am not aware of this particular policy, as it is not even seen as a Clause in either the Constitution or the Election Guideline that was received in the branch, more so that I’ve seen in other branches of NASU that produced two principal officers as an outcome in their election. To mention but a few are, Nasarawa State University, Keffi branch, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) and so many others.
