‘UNZA, CBU top brass must resign’

MANAGEMENT teams at the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the Copperbelt University (CBU) must resign for being economically inactive, the National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has demanded.

NAQEZ executive director, Aaron Chansa, said the two public universities were in shambles not just because the Ministry of Higher Education had neglected the institutions but also because management teams were not innovative. Mr Chansa said in an interview that the management teams must step aside and allow capable individuals to run the universities. He said workers were now going two months without getting their salaries because of absence of innovation from management teams. “We take special note that our intellectuals at UNZA and CBU are now resorting to protests before receiving salaries. This trend is very sad, embarrassing, an insult to higher education and an assault on the country,” he said. Mr Chansa said it was hard to imagine that UNZA could fail to pay salaries when the institution was receiving a lot of money from East Park Mall rentals. UNZA, he said, had a state of art industrial printer, York Farms, Liempe Farm and had distance students among other business ventures. He said UNZA and CBU had the best brains to make money through consultancy. Mr Chansa said the Institutions could go into shareholding and get into commercial farming and massively venture into various enterprises. And Mr Chansa demanded that the Ministry of Higher Education should release UNZA and CBU grants.

We take special note that our intellectuals at UNZA and CBU are now resorting to protests before receiving salaries. This trend is very sad, embarrassing, an insult to higher education and an assault on the country.