Facts have emerged on how Osun State University , Osogbo, scaled the legal hurdle that initially barred it from appointing its fourth substantive vice-chancellor before the expiration of the tenure of the institution’s immediate past VC, Olabode Popoola, in November, 2021.
“I must point out that I am aware that some members of staff felt that they have not been dealt with justly after seeing the advertisement that was placed for VC position and they have gone to court. And as a law abiding institution and as people who believe in justice, in the last one month, the process for the appointment of a new VC has been suspended until the court speaks because we are law abiding,” Mr Alli had said in September.
Following the suspension of the selection process, to fill the vacuum created by the expiration of Mr Popoola’s tenure of office on November 4, a 45-year-old engineering professor, Afeez Bello, was appointed theOne of the contentious criteria for the position, as advertised, is that the candidate must have published a minimum of 50 research articles with at least 20 of the articles published in high impact journals as defined by Thomson Reuters ISI and Web of Science; and must have published at...
He said on the matter of PhD and medical fellowship dichotomy, the judge said the university’s establishment law provides that the “candidate for the position of vice-chancellor of the university must be a professor of 10 years and must have a PhD.” The process finally produced someone found to have stood out based on the criteria set for the candidates.Born on 18th December, 1966, Odunayo Clement Adebooye is a professor of Plant Physiology. He obtained his Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Ibadan.