FUOYE debunks rumoured confusion in Governing Council

The Federal University of Oye Ekiti has debunked a rumoured confusion in the institution’s Governing Council.

The management was reacting to a publication made by a blogger, Akin Akinsoluga, titled ‘Confusion in FUOYE Governing Council over Ejected Registrar and Bursar.’

The clarification by the varsity’s media team comprising Foluso Ogunmodede (PRO) and Wole Balogun, S.A Media to VC, said the “reported false exists in imaginations of the reporter.

The media team said the ‘false report believed to be sponsored by enemies of progress to mislead the public and create chaos, had ‘failed woefully in such bid.’

The report by the blogger had read in part: “It is reported that there is confusion and panic among the University Governing Council members over the termination of appointments of the substantive Registrar and Bursar. Our reporter gathered that the Governing Council Chairman, Dr. Muhammad Lawan Yahuza and the Management had received a letter from the Ministry of Education directing reinstatement of the duo within a stipulated time frame.”

The media team described the above penned by the blogger as ‘outright lies as the Council did not receive any letter directing reinstatement of the sacked erstwhile Bursar and Registrar. Also, we want to reiterate that the duo of Olatubosun Odusanya and Bolatito Akande were sacked in strict adherence to the Rules and Regulations guiding the appointment, promotion and discipline of senior staff/principal officers of the University. The termination of their appointment remains legal and settled. No member of the University community takes any publications on the matter serious again. It’s only a source of distraction, a game plan to derail our focus and slow down the giant developmental strides this administration has been making within its first one year in office. We are firmly resolved never to go back to Egypt again. No amount of lies, propaganda and blackmail can change that.”

It said the Governing Council remains the highest authority of the university, which takes decisions for the Federal Government who owns the university. “It is obvious that those insinuating about a purported letter directing reinstatement from a minister are ignorant of the working of the university system. While no such letters exist, such a letter would not have been able to upturn the decision of the Governing Council, which represents the government in Oye. So, peddlers of negative rumour on the aforementioned facts had better perish the thought of reinstating the sacked duo through the backdoor and on the pages of newspapers, and hide their faces in shame.”

“The evil report by Akinsoluga further tells the following lies:

“Information from the ministry stated that investigation revealed that the process for terminating their appointments was biased. Thus, the Minister of Education in his letter which was personally received by the Council chairman in company of the Acting Registrar, Mr Mufutau Ibrahim on Tuesday 15th February, 2022 ordered the reinstatement of both staff while a thorough investigation will be carried out on all parties and other petitions pending against the Council.

“When our reporter reached a member of council on the matter, the member sounded worrisome that the matter is becoming an embarrassment to the University. The member denied being culpable in any shady deals on the matter and that Council only took decision with respect to the report submitted by the investigative committee. When asked if he was certain the investigative committee report was not manipulated, he noted that he cannot confidently say since he was not a member of the committee coupled with recent happenings.”

“Our reaction to the above lies is that we insist the sack of Odusanya and Akande followed legal/due process as stipulated in the University Rules and Regulations. The two are advised to go to court to challenge this and stop seeking cheap sympathy by spreading falsehood in the media through some faceless jankara reporters.”