UNIOSUN: VC Gets Marching Orders.

Gov Rauf Aregbesola

The Governing Council of the University of Osun (UNIOSUN) has terminated the Vice Chancellor of the institution Professor Bashir Okesina’s appointment and that of two other principal officers of the University over allegation of financial mismanagement in the institution.

The state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, had set up a visitation panel who looked into the allegation, which was levelled against the terminated officers for months now and then recommended the sack of the officers after their probe report.

 
It was gathered that the termination of their appointments has been recommended to Governor Aregbesola by the panel who then apended his approval yesterday.

Prof Bashir Okesina

Their termination takes effect immediately.

However, Chairman of the UNIOSUN branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Abiona Oluseye and eight others members in a statement described the action of the Council as too harsh.

 “It is instructive to state that a visitation panel was constituted by the Governor of the State of Osun and the report submitted. ASUU-Uniosun is of the opinion that it would have been better for the council to wait for the white paper on the report to be released by the Governor before assuming the position of a judge in their own case.

“Against the backdrop of the on-going, ASUU-UNIOSUN hereby calls for the immediate reversal of the decision pending the outcome of the white paper on the matter,’’ the statement said.