A group of concerned staff members at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has urged Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, to stop the ongoing vice-chancellorship selection process at the institution.
The group also called on the minister to investigate the exercise and initiate a more credible process, alleging that the management is rushing the selection despite public outcry over what they described as a “shady strategy” employed by the leadership of the university’s governing council.
A member of the group, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said plans were already in place to announce Joshua Ogunwole as the preferred candidate of the vice-chancellor and the council chairman.
He said 78 candidates applied for the vice-chancellorship position but that the management had shortlisted 10 for interviews.
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“These guys are working tremendously to seal their plan in appointing their stooge as VC,” he said.
“They have selected 10 candidates for the interview and sealed a plan to announce him tomorrow.
“Can you imagine? How will you interview 10 people in a day and announce one same day What criteria do they use to shortlist these 10 candidates? What is the transparency criteria they used?”
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The member added that “the situation is looking like a game of ‘who outsmarts who,’ by the people managing the affairs of FUOYE”.
