“Change of goal post” - FUOYE staff accuse Senator Ndoma-Egba, outgoing VC of recruitment manipulation, petition Tinubu, others

Some members of staff of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) under the aegis of "Fuoye Concerned Staff,” have accused the Chairman of FUOYE'S Governing Council, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and the Vice-Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Adebayo Fasina of changing the goal post. 

A petition titled: “Manipulation, disrespect of the rule of law and change of goal post by the Governing Council Chairman of FUOYE,” was directed to President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Education, the Chief of Staff to the President, the Department of State Services, the Inspector General of Police, the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC).

According to the concerned staff members, an advertisement was released on the institution's website on August 1st, 2025 regarding the recruitment into the position of FUOYE's Vice-Chancellor which will be vacant in February 2026.

In the petition signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Concerned Staff members, Olulana Aderemi, they alleged that the Council Chairman and the Vice-Chancellor have decided to manipulate the recruitment process based on facts at their disposal.

They alleged that Senator Ndoma-Egba and Prof. Fasina “deliberately instructed the IT unit of FUOYE to disable email confirmation” for all applicants to prevent any applicant from having any proof of application submission.

They said such a decision will allow them shortly only their candidates and deny receiving applications from candidates not shortlisted, “most especially, those from the outstanding Professors with very high profiles.”

The concerned staff stated that Senator Ndoma-Egba deliberately delayed shortlisting of candidates by six weeks to allow Prof. Fasina who was serving suspension for sexual harassment allegations to resume in order to jointly “manipulate the process to appoint Prof. Joshua Ogunwole,” their preferred candidate as the new VC.

The staff members expressed displeasure on what they described as a short two weeks selection process “Kangaroo timetable designed to hedge out candidates living abroad” from the exercise.

The concerned staff were also bitter about plans to conduct interviews for selected candidates in Abuja instead of within the university campus as it is the usual practice.

Acknowledging that Ekiti State is known to have the highest number of Professors in Nigeria, the concerned staff noted that no Professor of Ekiti descent has ever been a Vice-Chancellor in FUOYE.

They appealed to President Tinubu that an indigenous Vice-Chancellor will understand the current series of challenges facing the institution better than others.

They urge the President to halt the ongoing Vice-Chancellorship selection process, and investigate all allegations against the outgoing VC and the Council Chairman.