Wale Babalakin defended the removal of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as vice-chancellor of UNILAG.
as the university’s vice-chancellor on Wednesday by the governing council at a meeting held in Abuja.The removal has been condemned by the university’s senate and all the staff unions in the institution.A PREMIUM TIMES review of the law establishing the university also showed that only the Nigerian president can“after due consultation with the Council and the Senate acting through the Minister of Education.
“There is misappropriation and there is direct looting of the University. All attempts were made to put an end to this,” he said. Mr Babalakin said an investigation ordered by the governing council showed that Mr Ogundipe misappropriated funds.On Friday, Mr Babalakin said the resistance to the removal of Mr Ogundipe is from “the vocal minority who are benefiting extensively from the resources of the university.”
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