3 — Third Schedule

[Section 11 (3).]

ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI STATUTE NO. 1

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

ARTICLES

The Council.
The Finance and General Purposes Committee.
The Senate.
Division of schools.
School boards.
Dean of a school.
Deputy Dean of a school.
Appointments and Promotions Committee.
Selection of certain principal officers.
Creation of academic posts.
Appointment of academic staff.
Appointment of administrative and professional staff.
Short title.
The Council

(1) The composition of the Council shall be as provided in section 6 of this Act.

(2) Any member of the Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 6 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Act may, by notice to the Council, resign his office.

(3) A member of the Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 6 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Act shall, unless he previously vacates it, vacate that office on the expiration of the period of four years beginning with effect from the 1st of August in the year in which he was appointed.

(4) Where a member of the Council holding office otherwise than in pursuance of section 6 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Act vacates office before the expiration of the period aforesaid, the body or person by whom he was appointed may appoint a successor to hold office for the residue of the term of his predecessor.

(5) A person ceasing to hold office as a member of the Council otherwise than by removal for misconduct shall be eligible for re-appointment for only one further period of four years.

(6) The quorum of the Council shall be seven, at least one of whom shall be a member appointed pursuant to section 6 (d), (e) or (h) of this Act.

(7) If the Pro-Chancellor is not present at a meeting of the Council, such other member of the Council present at the meeting as the Council may appoint in respect of that meeting, shall be the Chairman at that meeting, and subject to section 5 of the Act and the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Council may regulate its own procedure.

(8) Where the Council desires to obtain advice with respect to any particular matter, it may co-opt not more than two persons for that purpose; and the persons co-opted may take part in the deliberations of the Council at any meeting but shall not be entitled to vote.

The Finance and General Purposes Committee

(1) The Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Council shall consist of—

(a) the Pro-Chancellor, who shall be the Chairman of the Committee at any meeting at which he is present;

(b) the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellors;

(c) six other members of the Council appointed by the Council, two of whom shall be selected from among the three members of the Council appointed by the Senate and one member appointed to the Council by Congregation;

(d) the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education or, in his absence, such member of his Ministry as he may designate to represent him; and

(e) the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology or, in his absence, such member of his Ministry as he may designate to represent him.

(2) The quorum of the Committee shall be five.

(3) Subject to any directions given by the Council, the Committee may regulate its own procedure.

The Senate

(1) The Senate shall consist of—

(a) the Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellors;

(b) Deans of the several schools;

(d) the professors;

(e) the Provosts of the several colleges;

(f) the librarian;

(g) the persons for the time being holding such appointments on the staff of the University as may be specified by the Vice-Chancellor;

(h) such teachers, not being more than one-third of the total number of non-elected members, elected by Congregation and at least one of whom shall come from each school; and

(i) two members representing the interest of the professional bodies outside the University appointed by the Senate on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor.

(2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman at all meetings of the Senate when he is present; and in his absence any of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors present at the meeting as the Senate may appoint for that meeting shall be Chairman at the meeting.

(3) The quorum of the Senate shall be one-quarter (or the nearest whole number less than one quarter) and subject to paragraph 2 of this article, the Senate may regulate its own procedure.

(4) An elected member may, by notice to the Senate, resign his office.

(5) Subject to paragraph (7) of this article, there shall be elections for the selection of elected members which shall be in the prescribed manner on such day in the month of May or June in each year as the Vice-Chancellor may, from time to time, determine.

(6) An elected member shall hold office for the period of two years beginning from 1 August in the year of his election, and may be a candidate at any election held in pursuance of paragraph (5) of this article in the year in which his period of office expires, so however that no person shall be such a candidate if at the end of his current period of office he will have held office as an elected member for a continuous period of six years or would have so held office if he had not resigned it.

(7) No election held in pursuance of this article in any year if the number specified in the certificate given in pursuance of paragraph (10) of this article does not exceed by more than one the figure which is thrice the number of those elected members holding office on the date of the certificate who do not vacate office during that year in pursuance of paragraph (6) of this article.

(8) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that no person shall be precluded from continuing in or taking office as an elected member by reason only of a reduction in the total of non-elected members occurring on or before 30 April in the year in which he is to continue in or take office as an elected member.

(9) If so requested in writing by any fifteen members of the Senate, the Vice-Chancellor, or in his absence, any of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors duly appointed by him, shall convene a meeting of the Senate to be held not later than the tenth day following that on which the request was received.

(10) In this article, “total number of non-elected members” means in respect of any year, such number as may be certified by the Vice-Chancellor on the 30th April of that year to be the number of persons holding office as members of the Senate on that day otherwise than as elected members.

Congregation

(1) Congregation shall consist of—

(a) the Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors;

(b) the full-time members of the academic staff;

(d) the bursar;

(e) the librarian;

(f) the Director of Works;

(g) the Director of Health Services; and

(h) every member of the administrative staff who holds a degree other than an honorary degree, of any university recognised for the purposes of this Statute by the Vice-Chancellor.

(2) Subject to section 4 of this Act, the Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman at all meetings of Congregation when he is present; and in his absence any of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors present at the meeting of Congregation shall be the Chairman at the meeting.

(3) The quorum of Congregation shall be one-third (or the whole number nearest to one-third) of the total number of members of Congregation of fifty, whichever is less.

(4) A certificate signed by the Vice-Chancellor specifying—

(a) the total number of members of Congregation for the purposes of any particular meeting or meetings of Congregation; or

(b) the names of the persons who are members of Congregation during a particular period,

shall be conclusive evidence of that number or as the case may be, of the names of those persons.

(5) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article, Congregation may regulate its own procedure.

(6) Congregation shall be entitled to express by resolution or otherwise its opinion on all matters affecting the interest and welfare of the University and shall have such other functions in addition to the function of electing a member of the Council, as may be provided by Statute or Regulations.

Convocation

(1) Convocation shall consist of—

(a) the officers of the University mentioned in the First Schedule to the Act;

(b) all teachers within the meaning of the Act; and

(2) A person shall be entitled to have his name registered as a member of Convocation if—

(a) he is either a graduate of the University or a person satisfying such requirements as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and

(b) he applies for the registration of his name in the prescribed manner and pays the prescribed fees.

(3) Regulations shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register for the purpose of this article and, subject to paragraph (4) of this article, may provide for the payment from time to time of further fees by persons whose names are on the register and for the removal from the register of the name of any person who fails to pay those fees.

(4) The person responsible for maintaining the register shall, without the payment of any fees, ensure that the names of all persons who are for the time being members of Convocation by virtue of paragraph (1) (a) or (b) of this article are entered and retained on the register.

(5) A person who reasonably claims that he is entitled to have his name on the register shall be entitled on demand to inspect the register or a copy of the register at the principal offices of the University at all reasonable times.

(6) The register shall, unless the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that any person named therein is, and that any person not named therein is not, a member of Convocation; but for the purpose of ascertaining whether a particular person was such a member on a particular date, any entries in and deletions from the register made on or after that date shall be disregarded.

(7) The quorum of Convocation shall be fifty or one-third (or the whole number nearest to one-third) of the total number of members of Convocation, whichever is less.

(8) Subject to section 4 of this Act, the Chancellor shall be the Chairman at all meetings of Convocation when he is present, and in his absence the Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman at the meeting.

(9) Convocation shall have such other functions, in addition to the function of appointing a member of the Council, as may be provided by Statute or Regulations.

Division of schools

Each school shall be divided into such number of branches as may be prescribed.

School boards

(1) There shall be established in respect of each school a Board of Studies, which, subject to the provisions of this Statute, and to the directions of the Vice-Chancellor, shall—

(a) regulate the teaching and study of, and the conduct of examinations connected with the subjects assigned to the school;

(b) deal with any other matter assigned to it by Statute or by the Vice-Chancellor or by the Senate; and

(2) Each School Board shall consist of—

(a) the Vice-Chancellor;

(b) the Deputy Vice-Chancellors;

(d) the persons severally in charge of the departments of the school;

(e) such of the teachers assigned to the school and having the prescribed qualifications as the Board may determine; and

(f) such persons, whether or not members of the University, as the Board may determine with the general or special approval of the Senate.

(3) The quorum of the Board shall be six members or one-quarter, (whichever is greater), of the members for the time being of the Board; and subject to the provisions of this Statute and to any provision made by Regulations in that behalf, the Board may regulate its own procedure.

Dean of a school

(1) The Board of each school shall at a meeting in the last term of any academic year in which the term of office of the dean expires nominate one of its members, being one of the professors assigned to that teaching unit, for appointment by the Senate as Dean of the school.

(2) The person appointed under paragraph (1) of this article shall act as Dean of the school and Chairman at all meetings of the School Board when he is present and shall be a member of all committees and other boards appointed by the school.

(3) The Dean shall hold office for two years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for one further period of two years. Thereafter, he shall not be eligible for re-appointment until two years have elapsed.

(4) The Dean of a school shall exercise general superintendence over the academic and administrative affairs of the school.

(5) It shall be the function of the Dean to present to Convocation for the conferment of degrees on persons who have qualified for the degrees of the University at examinations held in the branches of learning for which responsibility is allocated to that school.

(6) There shall be a committee to be known as the Committee of Deans consisting of all Deans of the several schools and that committee shall advise the Vice-Chancellor on all academic matters and on particular matters referred to the University Council by the Senate.

(7) The Dean of a school may be removed from office for good cause by the School Board after a vote would have been taken at a meeting of the Board, and in the event of a vacancy occurring following the removal of a Dean, an acting Dean may be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor; provided that, at the next School Board meeting an election shall be held for a new Dean.

(8) In this article, “good cause” has the same meaning as in section 16 (3) of this Act.

Deputy Dean of a school

(1) There shall be a deputy Dean of a school who shall be appointed by the Senate on the recommendation of the Dean.

(2) The deputy Dean shall be appointed for two years in the first instance and may be re-appointed for a further period of two years after which he shall not be entitled to re-appointment until after two years.

Appointments and Promotions Committee

(1) There shall be an Appointments and Promotions Committee of the Council which shall ultimately be responsible for all appointments, promotions and discipline of all categories of senior staff in the University.

(2) The Committee shall operate where necessary through the Senate or Selection Board of ad-hoc Committees and its recommendations shall be subject to the approval of Council.

Selection of certain principal officers

The provisions of paragraph 6 of the First Schedule to this Act are applicable.

Creation of academic posts

Recommendations for the creation of posts other than those mentioned in article 11 of this Statute shall be made by the Senate to the Council through the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

Appointment of academic staff

(1) Subject to this Act and Statutes, the filling of vacancies in academic posts (including newly created ones) shall be the responsibility of the Senate.

(2) For the purpose of filling such vacancies, suitable selection boards to select and make appointments on behalf of the Council shall be set up.

(3) For appointments to professorships, associate professorships, or readership or equivalent posts, a board of selection, with power to appoint shall consist of—

(a) the Vice-Chancellor;

(b) two members appointed by the Council;

(c) four members appointed by the Senate, at least two of whom shall be members of the Senate, while the other two members shall be professional peers in the professional area in which an appointment is to be considered;

(d) if the post is tenable at a college, the Provost of the college;

(e) if the post is within a school, institute or other teaching unit in the University, the Dean of the school or of the teaching unit or the director of the institute, as the case may be; and

(f) such other persons, not exceeding two in number, deemed capable of helping the Board in assessing both the professional and academic suitability of a candidate under consideration, as the Senate may, from time to time, appoint.

(4) For other academic posts, a Selection board, with power to appoint shall consist of—

(a) the Vice-Chancellor;

(b) four members appointed by the Senate, at least two of whom shall be members of the Senate, while the other two members shall be professional peers in the professional area in which an appointment is to be considered;

(d) if the post is within a school, institute or other teaching unit in the University, the Dean of the school or of the teaching unit or the director of the institute, as the case may be; and

(e) such other persons, not exceeding two in number, deemed capable of helping the Board in assessing both the professional and academic suitability of a candidate under consideration, as the Senate may, from time to time, appoint.

(5) All appointments to senior library posts shall be made in the same way as equivalent appointments in the academic cadre; and for all such posts other than that of the librarian, the librarian shall be a member of the Selection Board.

(6) Boards of selection may interview candidates directly or consider the reports of specialists interviewing panels and shall in addition, in the case of professorships, associate professorships, readerships or equivalent posts, consider the reports of external assessors relevant to the area in which the appointment is being considered.

Appointment of administrative and professional staff

(1) The administrative and professional staff of the University other than principal officers, shall be appointed by the Council or on its behalf by the Vice-Chancellor or the Registrar in accordance with the delegation of any powers made by the Council in that behalf.

(2) In the case of administrative or professional staff who have close and important contacts with the academic staff, there shall be Senate participation in the process of selection.

Interpretation

In this Statute, the expression “the Act” means the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Act and any word or expression defined in the Act has the same meaning in this Statute.

Short title

This Statute may be cited as the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Act.

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