The sack of the part-time lecturers was due to consistent refusal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to comply with Federal government directive to enroll on the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS).

Some of the affected lecturers include former vice-chancellor of the University and Chief Iman of Kano, Professor Sani Zaharadden, and several professors who were already retired but engaged on contract services to render prowess in their field.

One of the affected lecturers, Dr. Saidu Dukawa of the department of political science, revealed the sad decision of the university to terminate his contract appointment because of the IPPIS.

It was learnt that out of 1,776 academic staff of BUK, about 40 members have registered on IPPIS, defiling the directive of ASUU.

When contacted, Vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Mohammad Yahuza Bello who confirmed the development, however, insisted that those affected are not more than 10.

The VC chancellor explained that the decision became necessary due to the inability of the university to pay their salaries.

Although Professor Bello stressed that contract staff are not accommodated in the IPPIS platform, he disclosed the university is no longer generating revenue to meet over N18 million monthly salaries of the affected lecturers.