The Ekiti State
governor, Kayode Fayemi, yesterday fired the Vice Chancellors of the
three state-owned universities and the provost of the only College of
Education in the state.
The government said
their removal, which was with immediate effect, was in preparation for
the commencement of the repositioning of the education sector in the
state.
Mr Fayemi,
according to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mojeed Jamiu
ordered the vice chancellors to hand over to the most senior professor
in their universities.
Those affected
include the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD), Dipo
Kolawole, who had just spent two out of his five-year term in the
position. Others are the vice chancellor of the University of Science
and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti (USTI), Samuel Oye Bandele and that of the
University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti (TUNEDIK), Akin Ogunlade.
The acting Provost of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti has also
been replaced Francesca Aladejana of the Faculty of Education, Obafemi
Awolowo University , Ile-Ife , Nigeria in the sweep.
