Protest yesterday greeted the appointment of Prof. Taofeek Salami as
new vice chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The appointment of Salami, who is deputy vice chancellor (Academics) ,
was announced by the Governing Council of the university at a meeting
on Monday in Abuja.
There had been legal tussle on the position.

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The non-teaching staff of the university, including Senior Staff
Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff
Union (NASU), kicked against the procedure for the selection.
The workers yesterday embarked on protest against the choice of Prof.
Salami.
They alleged that he was sponsored to replace Prof. Bamitale Omole “to
cover his deeds in office”.
The workers alleged that Prof. Omole “mismanaged money” belonging to
the university.
The situation degenerated to a stage where the workers reportedly
chased their colleagues out of their offices and even locked some of
them in.

The protest affected ongoing orientation courses for the university’s
fresh students, who just resumed two weeks ago.
The old students are expected to return into the campus on June 25.The outgoing vice chancellor and other top management staff were not
available for comment yesterday.
Prof. Salami is also a former director, Institute of Ecology in the
university.

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