He noted that the union was in full support of UNILAG Senate’s rejection of Dr. Wale Babalakin-led Governing Council’s ill-informed decision to remove the vice chancellor. Ogunyemi agued that the action did not follow due process, adding that the removal of a vice chancellor was not the preserve of legal luminaries. He said “ASUU received the news of the purported removal of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Oluwatoyin Ogundipe by the Governing Council chaired by Dr. Wale Babalakin with absolute shock and total disappointment. He explained that ASUU had consistently been at the forefront of university autonomy in Nigeria. In keeping with this promise, ASUU is pleased to announce that UTAS is now ready for the “integrity tests” required of it by government.

Source: The Guardian August 19, 2020 03:45 UTC