By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) has asked the Institution’s Governing council to review the policy on the appointment of candidates into key positions in the university.
UNIFEMGA gave the task in a statement signed by its National President, Engineer AbdulFattah Olanlege and Chairman of it’s Board of Trustees Alhaji R.A Ebiti .
According to the alumni, this became necessary to avoid crisis that characterised the recent appointment of new Vice Chancellor for the university.
They stressed tha the policy should be visible, transparent and fixed for a period to allow all potential aspirants to work between one period to the next to be the most suitable candidate without the criteria being slightly twisted to be perceived to favour any candidate.
” We call on the University Governing Council and indeed the Visitor, to revisit the policy for selection for all key positions in the university to be VISIBLE, TRANSPARENT and FIXED for a period so all potential aspirants can work between one period to the next to be the most suitable candidate without the criteria being slightly tweaked to be perceived to favor any candidate”, it said.
UNIFEMGA added, ” we also call on other external stakeholders within Ile Ife who may have other issues with the school management not to use this opportunity to destabilize the school for the sake of the students and the ordinary people who earn their daily bread from and around the university”.
” The leadership of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) have watched with dismay the drama and aggression displayed by alleged indigenes of Ile Ife protesting the recent announcement of the result of the selection process for the new Vice Chancellor by the Chairman of the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.”
The statement reads further, ” we “are seriously disappointed and condemn the actions of the protesters who were reported to have attacked University security staff and students and were seen on social media threatening and cursing with charms and traditionalists’ paraphernalia, key personalities they believed to be behind their ‘woes’.
“While the association recognizes the right of any aggrieved group to express their grievances peacefully, all elements who choose to show their grievance by causing havoc should be identified and disciplined appropriately by the relevant authorities.
