United States-based East Carolina University says the aappointment of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje as visiting professor was unauthorised.
Ganduje’s spokesperson Abba Anwar had on Tuesday said the governor’s appointment was contained in a letter sent to him by the school through a lecturer of the International Centre for IT and Development Victor Mbarika at the university’s College of Business on November 30.
But, the university’s interim provost and senior vice-chancellor for academic affairs Grant Hayes in a letter to Ganduje dated December 4, 2020 said the previous letter was unauthorised by the appropriate officials.
“I must inform you that that the letter you received from Dr Victor Mbarika on November 30, 2020 does not convey an authorised offer of appointment or establish any position of scholar or professor at East Carolina University,” the letter read.
