Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cancelled the ongoing process set up for the appointment of a substantive ninth Vice-Chancellor of the University.
The Governor further directed that a fresh process that would terminate in 45 days should commence immediately.
This was contained in a statement by released by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, . Gboyega Akosile, on Friday.
He said the governor made the decision following petitions arising from the selection process of the institution’s ninth substantive VC.
The statement read, “Governor Sanwo-Olu was inundated with petitions arising from the selection process of the Vice-Chancellor by the Governing Council. After a thorough evaluation and investigation of the various complaints, Mr. Governor, in his capacity as the Visitor to the University ordered the cancellation of the process.
“The outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has also been directed to convene an emergency Senate meeting for the purpose of appointing one of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors, who is not a candidate in the cancelled selection process as Acting Vice-Chancellor from Monday, January 11, 2021, when the tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Fagbohun expires.
“The Governor further directed that the Senate should select among its members, a pro tem chairman to superintend the meeting and conduct of the election of Acting Vice-Chancellor.”
Recall that leadership of a faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, had earlier written a letter of complaint to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over what it described as ‘non-transparent’, the ongoing selection process for the institution’s 9th substantive vice-chancellor.
ASUU had insisted that both Mr Fagbohun and some of the nominees for his replacement are unqualified to be LASU’s vice-chancellor based on some of the requirements it said were listed in the advertisement for the job in 2015 and 2020.
The union also alleged that the selection criteria for the 9th vice-chancellor were not presented to the university’s then newly appointed 11th governing council for debate before they were made public.
