BY DAYO ADESULU
The University of Lagos Senate is meeting to choose the institution’s acting vice-chancellor after the removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatuyi Ogundipe and the step down of the Wale Babalakin impost Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Theophilus Soyombo.
The Senate is chosen acting vice-chancellor in defiance of UNILAG’s Registrar, Oladejo Azeez email to Senate members to wait for further clarification on their assignment.
UNILAG Senate is acting on President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on Friday to elect an Ag. Vice-Chancellor.
Below is the Azeez’s mail the Senate ignored because he is not a member of the Senate.
In a mail titled: “Notice to All Senate members”, Oladejjo Azeez, who has been an ally of the Governing Council chairman, Dr Wale Babalakin, said no meeting had been summoned.
“This is to inform all Senate members that no meeting of the Senate has been summoned.
“Members should await proper Notice of Meeting after the Federal Government of Nigeria has clarified some issues germane to the meeting.”
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The Registrar also signed a letter addressed to the Head, Auditorium Management Unit, J.J.F Ade Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos and pasted around the main auditorium, venue of the Senate meeting, instructing the official not to make any facility available for the Senate meeting for the same reason.
It reads in part: “It follows that you do not make any of your facilities available for any meeting until otherwise advised.” Nevertheless, the Senate is presently holding the meeting.
