BSMMU treasurer quits amid row
Treasurer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof Moazzam Hossain resigned yesterday as some syndicate members questioned the validity of his continuing in the position under contractual appointment.
The controversy arose at Saturday's syndicate meeting when some members asked whether Prof Moazzam, who retired this June, could continue as treasurer in contradiction to the university ordinance, which says only regular teachers are eligible for appointment to the post.
Prof Moazzam became the treasurer of BSMMU on March 25, 2009. He retired as a regular teacher from the university on June 30 this year. He was continuing as treasurer, as the university administration appointed him on contract as a professor for one more year from June 30, with his first appointment letter saying he would continue in this position until further notice.
Asked whether a professor on contractual appointment could continue as treasurer as per the BSMMU ordinance, Vice Chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta said they had sought opinion from the health and law ministries, and both the ministries gave positive nod.
Prof Moazzam told The Daily Star that he submitted his resignation letter to the vice chancellor yesterday morning. The VC said he had forwarded the letter to BSMMU Chancellor and President Zillur Rahman.
He also said Prof Moazzam, former chairman of the Paediatric Nephrology Department and ex-president of BSMMU Teachers' Association, felt embarrassed when his matter was discussed at the syndicate meeting.
BSMMU sources said Pro-Awami League doctors' body Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad's Secretary General Prof Iqbal Arslan and Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, among others, questioned Prof Moazzam's treasurership.
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