The Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos ( UNILAG), Mr Wale Babalakin (SAN) has resigned .
His resignation came few hours after the Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the university submitted its report to the Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, in Abuja.
The Media Aide to Babalakin, Mr Mikail Mumuni, who confirmed this, said his boss had resigned his position in the Council.
Although the government is yet to officially come out with its decision on the panel’s report, it was learnt that both Babalakin and the embattled Vice-Chancellor, Prof Toyin Ogundipe, might not come back to the office.
The Federal Government had set up the Prof. Sa’ad Tukur-led panel to probe the affairs of the university following the sacking of Prof Ogundipe by the Babalakin-led council at a meeting held in Abuja. Subsequently, Professor Omololu Soyombo was appointed as the Acting Vice-Chancellor.
The development led to protests by staff unions in the university who insisted that Ogundipe’s removal did not follow the university laws and regulations.
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Though the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU later opted out of the support for Ogundipe, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, stood firm on their resolution.
The Senate of the university later voted in Professor Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG.
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