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OAU Update: Management Sends Students On Two Weeks Break

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The management of Obafemi Awolowo University,OAU,Ile -Ife has asked students of the institution to proceed on a two week mid simester break.

The development is coming after series of protests by some Indigenes of Ile-Ife over the emergence of Professor Adebayo Bamire as the Vice Chancellor of the Institution.

Protesters had besieged the institution carrying charms and fetish objects to register their grievance over the new VC.

As a result, students were prevented from entering the Campus.

But the action attracted widespread criticism and condemnation by people from various walks of life including the Ooni Of Ile – Ife, Oba Enitan ogunwusi and Nobel Laureate,Professor Wole Soyinka.

Radio Nigeria gathered that the decision for students to go on break was reached at a management meeting of the School held on Saturday.

A statement by the registrar, Mrs.M.I Omosule indicates that the break would take effect from Monday,28th March,2022.

It would be recalled that the Academic Staff Union Of Universities,ASUU had been on strike since February 14,2022.

After a month,it extended the strike for another two months for government to yield to it’s age long demands.

Leadership of ASUU in OAU had equally declared an indefinite strike over unpaid academic earned allowance but members of a parallel academic union on the campus,the Congress of University Academics,CONUA had refused to join the industrial action and and had been teaching the students.

Sola Agboola

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Outrage Over Announcement Of Bamire As New OAU VC

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The announcement of  the new Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Adebayo Bamire, sparked protest as some people blocked the entrance of the University in disagreement to the development.

The governing council of the University, led by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of council, Owelle Udoji, had on Thursday, announced Professor Adebayo Bamire as the new Vice-Chancellor to take over from Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede on 7th June, 2022.

Immediately the new Vice-Chancellor was announced, some people believed to be indigenes of Ile-Ife, barricaded the University entrance and prevented vehicular movement for almost an hour.

They insisted that an indigene of Ile-Ife must succeed Ogunbodede if peace would reign in the university.
The protesters threatened to shut down the University on Friday, warning people not to enter the campus.

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New VC Emerges For OAU

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A Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Faculty of Agriculture Adebayo Bamire has been announced as the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU), Ile-Ife. 

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Owelle Udoji announced the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor during a press conference held at the school ICT auditorium.

 Chief Udoji said the new VC of the institution will assume office by June 7th, 2022 following the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Professor Eyitope Ogunmodede.

 He explained that Council, at its meeting held on 7th December 2021 flagged off the processes for the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor.

He said In line with the approval of the Council, the vacancy was widely advertised in compliance with relevant Statutes and Acts guiding appointment to the position.

“At a Special Meeting of 14th February 2022, the Council perused the Curriculum Vitae of all the twenty applicants who indicated an interest in the position. At the end of the exercise, sixteen of them were shortlisted, having met the advertised criteria.

“The interaction with the candidates began on Monday, 14th March 2022 and ended on Wednesday, 16th March 2022.

All the sixteen candidates appeared before the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board, with fifteen of them present physically and one, at his request, virtually.

The Selection Board painstakingly examined the Curriculum Vitae and interacted with each candidate, and scored them accordingly to stipulated criteria. 
“The three highest-scoring candidates were presented to the Council for further consideration as provided by the law. The entire exercise of the Joint Selection Board was witnessed by the representatives of the Federal Character Commission who have confirmed the exercise as fair and transparent and carried out in full compliance with the provisions of the Federal Character Commission Act.

“In line with the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act as amended, the report of the Selection Board was considered by the Council which, after a careful and dispassionate review of the report, decided to appoint Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, Professor of Agricultural Economics from the Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as the Vice-Chancellor of the University with effect from June 7, 2022.

The decision of the Council shall be communicated to the Visitor to the University, His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari through the Hon. Minister of Education.”

Adenitan Akinola