The management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil, has said it inherited a backlog of unaudited accounts but engaged external auditors who audited and released everything to the public.
The university’s Deputy Registrar and Head of Information, Media and Public Relations Unit, Abdullahi Datti, announced this in a statement while reacting to the allegations by the ADUSTECH branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union had accused the university’s management of non-release of audited accounts.
Datti described the allegations as unfounded, saying ASUU intended to misinform the public and the Kano State government.
“For the avoidance of doubt and contrary to claims of ASUU, the management, under the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Musa Tukur Yakasai, on assumption of office, has vigorously pursued developmental projects and programmes intended to improve teaching and learning facilities and the working conditions of members of staff,” he said.
“With regards to the allegations of non-release of audited accounts, the Prof. Musa Tukur Yakasai-led administration, on assumption of office in 2023, inherited a backlog of years 2020, 2021, and 2022 accounts that were not audited.
“The management engaged external auditors who have audited the accounts from year 2020 to 2022 and these were released to the public; the 2023 accounts of the university are with the external auditors and the moment they submit their report, it will also be made available to the public.
“To further clarify issues on the Budget Performance Report, ASUU is aware that the management could not have a Council Budget Monitoring Committee (BMC) that is responsible for the determination of the report, because it was dissolved after the dissolution of the fifth governing council.
“However, with the reconstitution of the sixth governing council, a new Budget Monitoring Committee was constituted and has already considered the first and second quarter of 2025.
“As for the recruitment of academic staff for newly established programmes and departments, the university’s management inherited new academic departments that were given a shaky foundation without adequate staffing, acute shortage of facilities and learning and teaching spaces,” the management said.
The management submitted the request for recruitment of more staff and the government approved part of the request, which has impacted the successes recorded in the 2023 accreditation exercise by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
“On the issue of reconnecting all sections of the university with the electricity, there was no time any section was disconnected but rather, the supply was rationalized due to the escalating cost of running the University on Band ‘A’,” it added.
