Following the Federal
Government’s directives on Friday that the University of Lagos Senate nominates
an acting Vice-Chancellor, newly appointed acting VC, Prof Omololu Soyombo, has
stepped down “with immediate effect”.
The governing council led by the
Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin, had appointed Soyombo last week after it
sacked Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.
Soyombo, in a statement on
Saturday, said it was necessary he did so because the government had directed
the UNILAG Senate to nominate an acting VC for the varsity.
“The news of the setting up of a
Special Visitation Panel to the University of Lagos by the Federal Government
was received in the evening of Friday, 21st August 2020. The government also
directed the University Senate to nominate an Acting Vice-Chancellor for the
University, for confirmation by the Governing Council. With this, I am stepping
down, with immediate effect, as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University,” he
said.
Soyombo urged all staff and
students of the institution to continue to go about their lawful activities in
a peaceful manner.
“I wish to express my sincere
appreciation to all members of staff and our dear students, the staff unions,
alumni and the general public for their wonderful support and cooperation in
the past ten days since my appointment as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the
University on 12th August 2020.
“As I noted in my address to a
cross-section of staff on 19th August 2020, I accepted the offer to serve as a
call to service, with the objective of restoring peace and stability in the
university.
“It is my prayer that the peace
and stability that we so much need and desire at this time be restored very
quickly, so that the University of Lagos can continue to march on as the
University of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride,” he concluded.
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