Rumuolumeni Host Community Protest: VC Of Ajuru University Dismisses Neglect, Says Community Got 45 Spaces Out Of 1500 Employment Slot

Onuchuku said this when he was exchanging views with a session of the Media following the protest by some youths and women of Rumuolumeni at the University entrance yesterday.

According to him, if the slots were to be distributed equally, each LGA in the state would have had 47 slots for teaching and 17 for non teaching.

But because the exercise , he said, was clearly done on merit and in compliance with employment law.
On that premises, particularly as it affects junior staff, Rumuolumeni alone , one ward in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, got 15 persons (slots) in academic category and 30 persons in non teaching employed totalling 45 persons.

The erudite professor of Economics also reminded them that IAUE is a public educational institution, owned by the Rivers State Government, and not an oil company operated by a private individual, thus the need to follow and obey all available rules and regulations governing it.
He was of the view that the recruitment of such nature in an academic institution must be competitive in nature, particularly for teaching category and other senior specialised personnel such as medical Doctor, Accountants, Laboratory Scientists, Engineers , among others.
Meanwhile, he has continued to appreciate the efforts of Stakeholders and others who are bent on supporting and promoting the image of the institution.

In meeting at the Palace of the King of Rumuolumeni, HM Eze (Engr) Chukwuemeka Victor Okocha , Olumeni XII it was learnt that the protest was sponsored by some influential members of the community whose candidates were not selected due to their inability to score the required grades during the recruitment process.

The KING and His Council, at the said meeting stated clearly that they ‘did not send the group to protest’.