The American University of Nigeria Yola Adamawa State has sacked 400 members of staff.
The institution listed overblown staff as one reason it cannot cope with.
Prof Abba Tahir, Vice President Relations of the university, disclosed this on Tuesday.
The University is owned by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
According to Tahir, “certain structural elements have been initiated by the new Governing Council of American University of Nigeria (AUN), in response to NUC requirements, mandating the institution to align with an approved governance structure for all tertiary institutions in the country.
”Until now, AUN has operated a student-staff ratio which balance had continued to affect the sustainability of the university.
”This is clearly an uncommon and hardly workable tradition in all institutions and organisations around the world. Obviously, it is unattainable.
”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 has been in the pipeline.
”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.
“It would not be realistic for AUN to continue to anchor its administrative structure on over-bloated personnel whose role does not have a significant effect on the philosophy of a development university,” he said.
