Professor Mohammed Yelwa of the Department of Economics of Yakubu Gowon University has stressed the need to harmonise requirements for the position of vice chancellor in public and private universities.
Yelwa made this known in Minna, noting that the process of appointing vice chancellors had continued to generate avoidable tension and legal battles in the country.
He explained that the appointment of Vice Chancellors in Nigerian universities has, in recent years, been a source of avoidable disputes, crises, and prolonged litigations, but this could be avoided if requirements were properly harmonised.
He maintained that the major source of conflict is the lack of uniformity in requirements, particularly the controversial clause of ten years of professorial experience. He cited inconsistency, which has created loopholes for manipulation in some institutions while unjustly disqualifying competent candidates.
