Alleged maladministration: NGO absolves UNILORIN VC
The Nigerian Transparency Network, a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Kwara State, has absolved the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, of any wrongdoing in the administration of the institution.
Members of the NGO during a visit to media offices in Ilorin on Tuesday absolved Ambali of allegations of maladministration and fraud levelled against him and his administration by a faceless group.
It said it came to its conclusion after due investigations into the matter.
The NGO, dedicated to promotion of good leadership qualities in a press statement titled, ‘Unilorin-An Ivory Tower of Excellence,’ jointly signed by its chairman and secretary, Emman Nwachukwu and Nurudeen Ibrahim respectively, condemned those behind the plot against the VC.
It appealed to, “the citizens of the country to always be patriotic and refrain from being allowed to be used for destructive mission as the end is usually disastrous for the originators and their collaborators.”
According to the statement, the publication against Professor Ambali and his administration is, “the product of the gang-up of these ill-motivated individuals was just a trash that was aimed at blackmailing, intimidating and harassing the Vice-Chancellor of the university who has not only successfully sustained the legacy of his predecessors, but advanced on them to the admiration of all.”
“Those embarking on destructive publications are doing so for selfish and materialistic interest. Their diabolical and unpatriotic acts demonstrate ill-wind and retrogression,” it added.
The statement also stated that “the stock in trade of these mindless people is to pursue ethnic and religious interests, the negative attitude of which they have been used to, especially whenever any helmsman is winding up his tenure in the university of Ilorin.”
The NGO noted with delight that Ambali has executed 60 projects, within the last four years.
It however added that “these projects were executed brilliantly at minimal costs to achieve the vision and mission statements of the university.”
It further listed academic advancement as another core achievement of Ambali, saying that “a new brand of Faculty of Environmental Services was established, in addition to two other faculties i.e. Life Science and Management Services excised from the old Faculty of Science as well as new faculty established purely for Business and Social Sciences.
