The news making the rounds that all principal officers at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have been sacked has been denied by the Governing Council of the institution.
The council in a press statement signed by Lekan Fadeyi, the institution’s PRO said “we are compelled to react so that there would not be a vacuum for lies to fill in the absence of genuine information.”
According to the statement Council, presided over by its Chairman and Pro-Chancellor of LAUTECH, Professor Oladapo Afolabi, had at its 132nd meeting on Monday where the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adeniyi Gbadegesin sought the permission of the Governing authority to be allowed to proceed on two months leave, on medical ground.”
“Other principal officers, the Registrar, and University Librarian, who are equally entitled and qualified for vacation also indicated that they would like to be allowed to proceed on their individual annual leave, and the requests were granted.”
“We need to point out that the affected officers, being mindful of the repercussions of any gap, volunteered names of qualified officers who should sit-in for them, for the period that the vacation would last. ”
“Further to the approval of Council, the immediate Bursar, Mr. Adeniyi Olagunju, and the two other deputy bursars were also redeployed.It has therefore become important that we clarify that the officers were not sacked as being rumored because of any indictment.”
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