Purported Sacking Of UNILAG VIce-Chancellor Laughable, Says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the sacking of the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, as a huge joke.

The chairman of the UNILAG chapter of ASUU, Dr Dele Ashiru, who said this in an interview with THE WHISTLER on Wednesday said the sacking did not follow the due process and therefore could not stand.

The Pro-Chancellor and the Chairman of UNILAG Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, had earlier today presided over a meeting where the vice-chancellor  was removed.

But the ASUU which had waged a serious battle against Babalakin  had earlier declared him persona non grata in the university. The ASUU chairman said the declaration still subsisted.

He said Babalakin was quite aware of the warning given to him not to enter into the university, saying that was why he took the meeting to Abuja.

The ASUU chairman said, ” The purportedly removal of the vice chancellor is illegal, it is egocentric The university community affirms its confidence in the vice chancellor, Prof Toyin Ogundipe.

“The purported removal did not follow the due process. it was not done in accordance with the law, therefore it cannot stand.

“Dr Wale Babalakin was declared personal non grata here and that one is still there. That is the reason he took the meeting to Abuja.”

Recall that the VC’s sacking was announced at a meeting of the Governing Council of the UNILAG held at the National Universities Commission in Abuja on Wednesday.

Members of the Governing Council were divided over the sacking as seven members voted for the Ogundipe’s removal; four voted against it while one of them voted that the VC should rather be suspended.