Do not address Isa Pantami as Professor – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protested Ali Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, being promoted to professor on Monday, calling it illegitimate. According to Channels Television, during the 186th assembly of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), the minister was named a professor in cybersecurity. Pantami's ascension has sparked debate, with many criticizing FUTO for promoting a minister who has never taught at the university and whose best academic achievement before entering politics was a lecturer. However, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated during a press conference following the National Executive Council meeting that the Minister was unqualified for the position of professor. The union also chastised the federal government for allowing the illegality to...
