ALUMNI TASKS OGUN UNIVERSITYSITY ON APPOINTMENT OF VC
A group, Concerned Alumni of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, has urged authorities to desist From compromising standards in the appointment of a new vice chancellor for the university.
A statement issued by the group in Lagos noted that the recent eligibility criteria announced by the university was an aberration that could affect the performance of the next vice chancellor of the university.
"It is always gratifying to recall that the first Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof John Olubi Sodipo was a giant academic, a seasoned scholar whose foundation stride was so solid that the University soon became a reference point of excellence. His academic stature was able to attract his contemporaries from older universities in the neighbourhood. We were truly great, in character and learning. Prof Sodipo had as his deputy Prof Titus Olabode Bankole who became a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Ibadan in 1977.
"The aberrant nonsense should be rejected by all stakeholders. What is the ASUU of this University doing about this negative publicity of the University?"
"In 1990, the University placed advertisements in Newspapers for a new Vice-Chancellor to succeed Prof Olubi. The applicants were required to have a minimum of 10 years of experience as a Professor. Prof Bankole with 14 years' experience was appointed in 1991. His Successor was Late Yinusa Oyeneye who also responded to an advertisement requiring a minimum of 10 years of experience. It was the same with Professors Afolabi Soyode and Tola Osilesi.
The first violation of this standard occurred in 2012, when the then-Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, forced the council to reduce the standard to five years. Prof Ganiyu Olatunde, the current Vice-Chancellor, was said to have responded to an advertisement that.
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