The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday
advised Prof. Isaiah Ibeh of the University of Benin to follow due
process in authenticating his self-acclaimed cure for HIV/AIDS.
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, stated this in a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH.
He explained that the university system was
structured in a way that discoveries pass through a rigorous process
before they are conferred with the patent of the university in question.
Fagge said this in a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Friday.
He noted that universities had research and academic
development committees saddled with the responsibility of verifying
claims before they are passed on to the senate where final decisions are
taken.
He said, “The university has a research committee and
an academic development committee. When a discovery is made, it passes
through these committees to the university senate; where after a
rigorous process of verification, the university can decide whether or
not to confer its patent on it.
“However, an individual has the prime right to his
discovery. It does not mean that he or she cannot explore other ways to
patent the discovery.
“The important thing is that the university has a
procedure and if a lecturer makes a discovery, he is expected to follow
this procedure.
PUNCH
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