Ours is to nurture a sustainable University – Adeleke
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
The Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Yinka Fasuyi and the All Progressives Congress in Osun state have described the selection of principal officers of the University of Ilesa by Governor Ademola Adeleke as a breach of universal best practice.
The Ijesa leader in a letter to the governor on Friday noted that the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor should have emerged from a competitive contest with other similarly qualified candidates to ensure that the best available hand emerges at the end of the exercise.
Governor Adeleke had appointed Prof Taiwo Asaolu as the Vice-Chancellor of Ilesa University while Funso Ojo was appointed as registrar, Dr. Mukaila Oyekanmi as bursar and Adewale Ogunsipe was appointed as librarian.
The Ijesa leader stressed that “a situation where the state government unilaterally selects both the university governing council and principal officers may eventually lead to a…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper