Professor Theophillus Omololu Soyombo, on Saturday, stepped down as the acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. He made the disclosure in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday evening. At the moment, both Dr Babalakin and Professor Ogundipe had been asked by the Federal Government to step aside from their official duties even as the university’s senate had been mandated to nominate an acting vice-chancellor for the university. Soyombo, in the statement, said with the latest news concerning the university “I am stepping down with immediate effect as Acting Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG. Even when such people were still in the active service, their monthly earnings were not sufficient for them.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 22, 2020 16:29 UTC