FUOYE: Group alleges hastened plan for VC selection, demands termination of process

A group of concerned staff within the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has called on the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, to stop the ongoing Vice-Chancellorship selection process at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti The group who called on the Minister to investigate the process and initiate a more credible exercise accused management of the institution […]

A group of concerned staff within the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has called on the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, to stop the ongoing Vice-Chancellorship selection process at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

The group who called on the Minister to investigate the process and initiate a more credible exercise accused management of the institution of attempting to hasten the ongoing Vice-Chancellorship selection exercise.

A member of the group said all seems set to announce the preferred candidate of the VC and the Council Chairman as the new Vice-Chancellor.

He said that 78 candidates applied for the Vice-Chancellorship position and they claimed to have shortlisted 10 candidates.

“These guys are working tremendously to seal their plan in appointing their stooge as VC,” he said.

“They have selected 10 candidates for the interview and sealed a plan to announce him tomorrow.

“Can you imagine? how will you interview 10 people in a day and announce one same day?

“What criteria do they use to shortlist these 10 candidates?

“What is the transparency criteria they used?”

As of the time of filing this report, the school authorities had not responded to the allegation.