The newly appointed acting Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Omololu Soyombo, on Saturday
resigned his appointment with immediate effect.
Naija News recalls that President Buhari
had asked the embattled and sacked Vice-Chancellor
UNILAG, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe to step aside.
Buhari also directed the Pro-Chancellor of the
institution, Dr. Wale Babalakin to recuse
himself from official duties.
The president constituted a special visitation panel to look
into the ongoing crisis in UNILAG
The panel was given two weeks to submit its report.
President Buhari directed the senate of the university to
convene and nominate an acting vice-chancellor from among its
members for the confirmation by the university council.
The governing council led by the Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale
Babalakin, had appointed Soyombo last week after it sacked Prof
Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.
In a statement to newsmen, Prof. Soyombo said he resignation
followed the directive of the federal government that ordered
UNILAG Senate to nominate an acting VC for the varsity.
He said: “The news of the setting up of a Special Visitation
Panel to the University of Lagos by the Federal Government was
received in the evening of Friday, 21st August 2020. The government
also directed the University Senate to nominate an Acting
Vice-Chancellor for the University, for confirmation by the
Governing Council. With this, I am stepping down, with immediate
effect, as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University.
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I wish to express my sincere appreciation to all members of
staff and our dear students, the staff unions, alumni and the
general public for their wonderful support and cooperation in the
past ten days since my appointment as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the
University on 12th August 2020.
“As I noted in my address to a cross-section of staff on
19th August 2020, I accepted the offer to serve as a call to
service, with the objective of restoring peace and stability in the
university.
“It is my prayer that the peace and stability that we so
much need and desire at this time be restored very quickly, so that
the University of Lagos can continue to march on as the University
of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride,” he concluded.
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