OYO: LAUTECH governing council appoints acting VC

THE Governing Council of the Ladoke Akinola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has announced the appointment of Prof. Mojeed Liasu, as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

Liasu will replace  his embattled successor, Prof. Michael Ologunde.

Governor Makinde had, last week, asked Ologunde to step aside and hand over to the next principal officer in rank in order to ensure “uninterrupted flow of normal activities of the institution.”

Makinde took the decision days after accusing the former vice-chancellor of instigating workers of the university to agitate payment of outstanding salaries immediately after the crisis rocking the university was resolved.

Ologunde’s sack was contained in a letter by the Oyo State Government through the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye.

The step-aside directive by the state government had been greeted with reactions from the Academic Staff Union of University and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, LAUTECH chapters.

However, the Governing Council of the institution, in a letter signed by the varsity’s Registrar, Dr K.A. Ogunleye, issued after its 138th inaugural meeting held two days ago at the Council Chamber, announced the appointment of an acting VC for the university with immediate effect.

The statement titled, ‘Notice to all staff,’ signed by the Registrar of the university, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye, read in part, “Council, having noted the directive, and in order not to create vacuum in the system, approved the appointment of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. M. O. Liasu, as acting Vice-Chancellor with effect from Friday, April 16, 2021 until further notice.”