NIMR fires back at ASURI over tenure policy controversy, denies victimisation claims

By Chioma Obinna
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has hit back at the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) over the controversy surrounding the implementation of the Federal Government’s eight-year tenure policy for directors, dismissing allegations of victimisation and personal vendetta against affected former research directors.

The Institute maintained that the policy was neither initiated by its management nor introduced by its Director-General, Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa, insisting that it merely implemented a directive issued by the Federal Government.

In a press statement issued by its management in Yaba, Lagos and signed by its Media Co...