Some academics in Ekiti State have decried a clause in the call for application for the vacant vice chancellor position in Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), and said the instruction was “a dangerous new trend being introduced into the selection of vice-chancellors for Nigerian universities.”The academics, who coalesced under the name “Concerned Citizens and Friends of Academia in Nigeria” particularly frowned on an aspect which stipulates that candidates, apart from being of the rank of professor with a minimum of eight years’ experience at the time of application, should also be from a federal university. In a statement by Dr Ayokunle Joshua, the group said the preference for professors from only federal universities was a ploy to deny qualified, competent candidates an opportunity to aspire to the position. “We equally call on the academia, the world over to rise and fight this discriminatory selection of Vice-Chancellor for the vacant position in FUOYE.”Reacting to the development, Deputy Director, Corporate Services of FUOYE, Mr Adeyinka Ademuyiwa, said the protesters should properly identify themselves and tell if they are applicants or just troublemakers “because the university will not respond to people who are throwing stones from the shadows.”Ademuyiwa said: “We encourage them to come out in the open if they have any genuine case. If you are coming to equity, you must come with clean hands. Yakassai, a former Liaison Officer to former President Shehu Shagari, described both Abubakar and former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as potential 2023 presidential contenders…Buhari Suspends Babalakin As UNILAG Pro-Chancellor, Sacks Acting Vice-ChancellorPresident Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, over the lingering crisis…

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 24, 2020 15:00 UTC