The Vice- Chancellor of University of Ibadan , Prof . Idowu Olayinka, has assured candidates that have applied for the position the vice - chancellor of the university that the selection process will be transparent and fair .
The current vice -chancellor said in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan on Monday that the credentials of the applicants would speak for them before the selection committee and nothing else .
Olayinka ’s tenure will expire in November and the university has placed advertisement seeking applications from qualified persons interested to fill the position to apply .
According to Olayinka, 12 candidates have applied, including those from outside of the University of Ibadan .
Olayinka said ethnicity religion or state of origin would not determine who would become the next vice -chancellor of the 72 -year - old premier university.
He said , “Twelve candidates applied for the position and six candidates that were searched will join them making the number 18 . The extant guidelines make provision that candidates could apply or qualified candidates could be searched . That is more or less an invitation that they should come and apply . Those searched were supposed to be 15 but only six of them responded by submitting formal applications .
“One of those who applied is from the Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile Ife and one of them was my deputy vice -chancellor and one is my current vice -chancellor . Some of those that were searched , I know them by reputation .
“But despite that I know them , I don’t have any one as my anointed candidate . The ( Governing ) Council has about 17 members who are going to select the most qualified among the candidates .
“There is no reason why the selection will not be fair to everybody . The people there are God fearing . There is a scoring template . If somebody is a former head of department , it has its point. If somebody has been a dean , it has its own point . There is no way you can help somebody to say he had been HoD if such person has never been . You can ’t put wool over anybody ’s eyes .”
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