By Ayodele Oni
The Global Chairman Nigeria and Diaspora, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard, (BATSV) Dare Owotomobi, has described as lopsided, appointments of members of Governing Councils for Universities and Polytechnics.
The Federal Government had, last week, named 555 persons as Governing Council Members for Universities, Colleges of education and Polytechnics.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, Owotomobi stated that such appointments ought to have reflected national character.
He flayed a situation whereby some states like Ekiti, got just four nominees while others like Adamawa and Osun got as many as 32 slots.
“Ekiti State was relegated to the back burner in the allocation of slots into these Governing Councils, despite their contribution in the 2023 Presidential Elections.
“This is grossly inadequate and makes the reward system not encouraging at all. For instance, the slots given to other states like Adamawa and Osun, that worked against Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, during the election.
“32 Adamawa State indigenes were appointed by President Tinubu as Chairmen and Members of Governing Councils of different Polytechnics, Universities, Colleges of Education, etc.”
He pointed out that the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, SAN, ought to have gone through the list to ensure equity, fairplay and federal character were considered in preparing the list.
According to him, Adamawa, a State that delivered PDP in 2023 presidential election got many appointees while states like Niger where APC got the highest votes in the 2023 Presidential election from North Central has only four members on the list.
“Kwara State has five and Osun State 22. In Cross River State only six people were considered for the appointment.”
He, also, observed that most of these schools have no representation from the host communities, as stipulated by law, which is a gross violation of the extant laws establishing them.
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