The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West has described the appointment of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, as an insult to the academic community in Nigeria.

In a statement issued in Ibadan yesterday, the PDP Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade, called on all stakeholders in the country’s tertiary institutions, especially the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to stand against the appointment of the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

He said: “Appointing a man who forged his academic certificates as chancellor of a university will further debase the academic integnors rity of the country’s universities.

“It will be suicidal to holders of academic certificates from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions if we continue to debase our academic integrity with appointments of people with questionable integrity as heads of our universities.”

The PDP said it was not surprised that the ACN governments in Oyo and Osun states could take their worship of Tinubu as their god to the ridiculous level of appointing him as head of a university despite his known record as a certificate forger, because the party itself was peopled by men of questionable characters.

However, the senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Adeseun, saw Tinubu’s appointment in a different light.

He described his appointment as a good step in the right direction.

In a statement issued in Ibadan yesterday, Adeseun lauded the governors of Oyo and Osun states on the choice of a chancellor for the institution.

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