VC on leave, not suspended, FUOYE insists

The management of the Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday, debunked reports and insinuations in some quarters that the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof, Abayomi Fasina, was suspended, describing such as false and attempt to mislead the public.

The university management, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Foluso Ogunmodede, made available in Ado Ekiti, said that Fasina, who on Monday proceeded on six months accumulated annual and research leave, remained the substantive VC till February next year when he would, on completion of his tenure, hand over to a successor.

Ogunmodede clarified that “The University Governing Council at its 7th Emergency Meeting on April 14 ratified an accumulated Annual and Research Leave of 126 working days for Fasina out of the 288 working days’ leave that he requested.

“While he will be away on further academic research, he recommended two of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors to act on his behalf and not to replace him. From these, the council chose the most senior of the DVCs, Prof. Olubunmi Samuel Shittu, as Acting VC and not as substantive VC.”

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It added, , “It has been brought to the notice of the university management the grievous lies, malicious misrepresentation and blackmail on the true position of the VC of the university, and this has misinformed and misled a part of the public.

“It is, therefore, necessary to state unequivocally the facts and enlighten the public of the current happenings in the university as follows: Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina remains the substantive VC of FUOYE until he hands over to the next VC when his tenure ends in February 2026.

“As an erudite scholar, the VC is legally entitled to his accumulated Annual and Research Leave, and he is at liberty to choose when to apply for the same. He decided to apply for his leave on Monday, 14th April, 2025. Fasina applied for his 288 days, but the council in its wisdom only granted him 126 days.”

The university management frowned at what it called “deliberately manipulation of the facts, cooking up lies that never existed and spreading the same, thereby misleading the innocent public for malicious reasons just to disparage the person of the substantive VC, Prof. Fasina.”

The university management advised the public to jettison and ignore all the lies from the detractors and their cohorts spreading falsehoods about happenings in FUOYE.

It, however, said that the university would not hesitate to take legal action against the detractors if they failed to desist from misleading the public.