NIMR boils over 8-year retirement policy for research professors

The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) is acceptable to prosecute successful a long-drawn conflict with the Director-General (DG) of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Professor John Obafunwa, implicit the latter’s alleged high-handedness and disregard for the regularisation of law.

At the crux of the looming titanic conflict is the DG’s insistence connected implementing a status argumentation that stipulates that a civilian oregon nationalist servant who attains the presumption of manager would discontinue from work aft 8 years successful that position.

ASURI has argued that the argumentation does not use to Academic/Research Professors, arsenic they bask the aforesaid conditions of work arsenic their assemblage counterparts.

The DG’s position, the workers said, had been nullified by a pronouncement of the National Industrial Court, nether Justice Olufunke Anuwe, arsenic good arsenic a argumentation connection from the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

But Obafunwa is insisting that the eight-year tenure argumentation indispensable use to Academic/Research Professors.

He has been accused of high-handedness, full disregard for established laws and an effort to dainty Academic/Research Professors arsenic specified civilian servants.

Among the litany of accusations against him is his insistence connected implementing the status policy. He is alleged to beryllium among a fewer heads o...