Medical and Dental Consultants Associations of Nigeria (MDCAN), has accused the management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka of being discriminatory in its Search for Vice Chancellor of the institution.
The chairman of MDCAN, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) chapter, Dr Amaechi Nwachukwu, P.hD stated this on Monday during a press conference.
Nwachukwu said it was wrong for UNIZIK management to exclude medical and dental consultants who go through a very serious academic progression, even more than professors.
There had been protests by MDCAN, Unizik chapter over an advert for the position of Vice Chancellor, which specifically stated that a candidate must have a PhD, and must have attained the position of a professor, a position which MDCAN members argue is equivalent to their medical fellowship.