UNILAG ASUU and NASU meet over VC’s removal
The academic and non-academic members of staff, University of Lagos Chapter are currently convened in a meeting.
Daily Times gathered that the impromptu meeting was convened following the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor of the University.
The meeting is said to be taking place at the Council Chamber Foyer of the university.
Daily Times also gathered that an emergency meeting of the institution’s Senate held on Thursday morning in the university.
“We will communicate the outcome of our meeting officially. I don’t want to be the one to divulge the outcome of the meeting,” a member of the Senate told journalists.
Recall that Daily Times had earlier reported the removal of Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor of the University.
Ogundipe’s removal was contained in a statement by the Registrar of the institution, Oladejo Azeez.
Prof Ogundipe’s removal is largely rumoured to be the result of the festered relationship between the removed Vice Chancellor and Dr Wale Babalakin, the Chairman of the governing council of the University.
Following Ogundipe’s removal, the Academic Staff Union of the University released a memo entitled “Dr Wale Babalakin’s Charade, and the Purported Removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos,” where-in they condemned Ogundipe’s removal as laughable and in breach of the legal framework of the University.
It was gathered that 12 members of the council were present at the meeting and seven voted for Ogundipe’s removal, four voted against it while one member voted in favour of a suspension.
Ogundipe had described his “purported removal” from office as untrue and illegal.
Ogundipe said this in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Lagos.
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”The attention of the University of Lagos Management has been drawn to a notice to the general public on the removal of the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, dated Aug. 12 and signed by Oladejo Azeez, Esq, Registrar and Secretary to council.
”It states that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been removed from office with immediate effect.
”The purported removal is an illegality and cannot stand as it is in clear violation of the University of Lagos Act as amended by the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 2003.
”Therefore, members of the University of Lagos community and the general public are advised to disregard the information as contained in the notice.
”Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe remains the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos,” he said.
