UNICAL Crisis: Concerned Staffers Back VC As Bursar Demands Financial Discipline

Arising from a press briefing yesterday in Calabar, some staff of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), have passed a vote of confidence on the Professor Zana Akpagus led administration in the institution, few days after simultaneous protests rocked the campus over the VCs purported attempt to remove the schools bursar, Mr. Peter Agi, from office.This is just as the embattled UNICAL bursar, Mr. Peter Agi, vows to institutionalize financial discipline in the management of the schools treasury.On Tuesday 16 August, 2016, it was reported that some UNICAL administrative workers, students and suspected thugs clashed on campus, while staging simultaneous protests in support of, and against the Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Zana Akpagu and the institutions bursar, Mr. Peter Agi, who were believed to be at loggerhead over the control of the schools finances.An anonymous source on campus told LEADERSHIP that trouble started when the VC, in apparent reaction to complaints gotten from some of the workers, attempted to remove the bursar from office due to what they described as his highhanded on issues concerning staff welfare.According to the source, who is an administrative staff in the University, the bursar was fond of deducting the workers salaries, ignoring the VCs directives on the payment of workers allowances as well as paying selected contractors, to the detriment of others.He alleged that for the past four months some category of workers in the University had not been paid 100% salaries, adding that every attempts by the VC to intervene proved abortive due to the bursars highhandedness.The bursar was accused of among other things; insubordination, not paying staff allowances; thats the major cause of the problem and for the late payment and slicing of workers salaries.
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