University management calls the allegation misleading, cites research funding, academic partnerships and government investment as evidence of institutional growth.
The Vice-Chancellor of Kaduna State University (KASU), Prof. Abdullahi Musa, has dismissed claims by the university’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-KASU) that more than 200 academic staff resigned over poor working conditions.
Musa, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the claim as misleading and said it did not reflect the realities within the institution.
ASUU-KASU had alleged that more than 200 professors and lecturers left the university over poor conditions of service and the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement. The union subsequently issued a two-week ultimatum and threatened an indefinite strike if its demands were not addressed.
However, KASU management said staff movement between institutions was a normal feature of the global university system and should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of poor working conditions.
The university urged the union to present staff-mobility figures objectively and avoid statements that could create unnecessary anxiety among students, parents and other stakeholders.
Management cited the continued service of internationally recognised researchers, including Prof. Ibrahim Inuwa Yahaya, Dr Daniel Yahaya Shagaiya and Dr Abdullahi Yusuf Zuntu, who it said are ranked among the world’s top two per cent of scientists.
It also highlighted more than N290 million invested by the Kaduna State Government in resource verification and accreditation of over 90 academic programmes.
According to the university, KASU has attracted more than £945,000 in research funding over the past three years and secured several international collaborations since 2023.
The institution listed partnerships with Benha University, the Institut Sains dan Unjuk Kerja in Jakarta, the Makkah International Centre for Qur’anic Guidance, Zhejiang University and the Longquan Industrial Innovation Research Institute.
KASU also disclosed that it secured a N1 billion competitive research grant from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for commercial agriculture research and development.