OAU begins new VC appointment process
The newly constituted Governing Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has commenced the process for appointment of a substantive vice chancellor for the university.
The Chairman of the Council, Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi, said this while addressing newsmen after inspecting some facilities in the university on Tuesday.
Among the facilities visited were post retirement lodge, hostels, Information Communication and Technology centre, new senate building, Centre for Distance Learning and the university’s dam.
He said that the new governing council was ready to ensure rapid development of the OAU.
While saying that the appointment of the acting Vice-Chancellor of the OAU, Prof. Anthony Elujoba, has been extended, the Governing Council Chairman stated that the appointment process for a substantive VC of the university has commenced.
He said, “We are going to do all that we can to bring all the unions together. We don’t belong to any group but we will ensure cooperation with all unions. The senate in its wisdom unanimously recommended the acting VC tenure extension and it has been granted.
“However, the process of appointing an acting VC has begun. Very soon, the advertisement for submission of applications will be seen in newspapers.”
After the visit, he lamented that most infrastructures in the university were decaying.
“They (the infrastructures) are very urgent and need to be fixed as soon as possible. It is urgent, I have never seen them that bad. I do not know how students survive under this condition. It is not possible to learn and study well under the kind of decay we saw there,” he added.
He assured that a forensic audit of past administrations would be embarked upon to clarify allegations of misappropriation and mismanagement.
