Gov Ahmed Appoints Acting Vice Chancellor for Kwara State University.

The Governing council of the Kwara state owned university, Kwara
State University (KWASU), Malete is set for a showdown with the
state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over appointment of an acting
vice chancellor of the university.

The state governor had in a statement on Tuesday approved
appointment of Professor Kenneth Adeyemi, as the acting Vice
Chancellor of the university.

However, the chairman, governing council of the university,
Professor Saka Nuru, has dissociated the council from the
appointment and the directive that the incumbent Vice-Chancellor,
Professor AbdulRasheed NaAllah, should proceed on terminal leave
“while he is yet to complete his tenure which expires on July 27,
2019.

“This directive is not in tune with the University’s law and is
going to lead to distraction from the Rain Semester examination and
the process appointment of principal officers that are currently in
progress.

“This action of the state Government is illegal and the
Governing Council of KWASU has no hand in the directive,” he
said.

Governor Ahmed had earlier in the day approved the appointment
of Professor Adeyemi as the acting Vice Chancellor of the
KWASU.

The state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and
Technology, Barrister Abdullahi Alikinla, who announced Professor
Adeyemi’s appointment in a statement, also directed the incumbent
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah to hand over to
the acting Vice Chancellor and proceed on terminal leave as his
tenure expires in July 2019.

The commissioner said the acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Adeyemi, is to take charge of responsibilities relating to the
smooth running of the institution in accordance with the law
establishing it.

Barrister Alikinla said Governor Ahmed took the decisions in the
exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Kwara State
University Law 2009 as amended which empowers the Visitor to the
University to appoint and remove the Vice Chancellor for good cause
and following due consultations.

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