OAU :President Buhari orders Appointment Of New VC

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed
the Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife, Osun State to
immediately recommend a qualified person
for appointment, as an acting Vice
Chancellor for the university.
In a letter addressed to the Executive
Secretary of the National Universities
Commission, the President directed the
Senate not to consider any of the
candidates who earlier contested for the
position.

The letter further says the Senate of the
university should take immediate steps to
implement the directive of the President
and report back to the Federal Ministry of
Education.
Workers and students of the institution
recently trooped out in jubilation following
the dissolution of the school’s governing
council and the suspension of the selection
of the vice chancellor by the federal
government.
According to the staff and students, the
federal government’s decision was a step
towards the redemption and integrity of the
institution, which for weeks had been hit
by crisis after the exit of the immediate
past Vice Chancellor, Prof Bamitale Omole