FUOYE: Senate Orders Reinstatement Of Two Sacked Principal Officers

By Ayodele Oni

Reprieve has come for the two embattled Principal Officers of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, (FUOYE) as the Senate ruled that they should be reinstated back to their positions.

The affected staff, Mr  Olatunbosun Odusanya the Registrar, and Mrs Bolatito Akande the Bursar, are to return to their offices within 15 working days.

The Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, headed by Senator Pius Akinyelure, who read the ruling, explained that allegations levelled against them are not strong enough to sack them.

The University Council Chairman and Vice Chancellor were also mandated by the Committee to honour the Senate as an Institution by ensuring that their promise to ensure that the two Princpal officers who have served  meritoriously for years should not be disgraced out of office by termination for offences that cannot be substantiated.

The two officers will, however, proceed on sabbatical leave to enable peace to reign on the campus.

The Senate Committee which sat for several hours on Tuesday, also, resolved issues involving the DG/CEO of National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) by Alhaji Haruna Yahaya and two others.

The petitioner wrote against the DG over his alleged abandonment of his duty post, gross misconduct and deliberate attempt to frustrate and humiliate the former Principal Officers of NIEPA.

Ruling on the petition,  Senator Akinyelure, said, “I can see that there is no harmony and love among the DG/CEO and some of his staff and this is why things are not moving forward in the Institute as expected.

“I want to, therefore, rule that the short-changed staff should be reinstated to their former positions which the DG promised would be done.”

Likewise, the cases between Danladi Sunday Oladele and Akeju Babatunde versus Yaba College of Technology whose appointments were terminated, were resolved in favour of the petitioners.

The Committee Chairman commended the Position of Yaba College of Technology Rector to resolve the matters amicably through direct intervention with the Chairman of the Governing Council.

The Committee mandated the petitioner to submit an acknowledgment copy of the Appeal to the Chairman of Council of Yaba College Technology within the next seven working days for further legislative action.