The management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has declared that Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina remains the substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University, while Prof. Olubunmi Shittu is currently acting as the Vice-Chancellor.
This clarification was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti and signed by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Mr. Mufutau Ibrahim.
The statement reads in part: “Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina remains the substantive Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Oye-Ekiti until he hands over to the next Vice-Chancellor when his tenure ends in February, 2026.
“As an erudite scholar, the Vice-Chancellor is legally entitled to his accumulated and research leave and he is at liberty to choose when to apply for same. He decided to apply for his leave on Monday 14th April, 2025. He applied for his 288-days leave but the Governing Council in its wisdom only granted him 126 days.
“While he will be away on further academic research he has recommended two of his Deputy Vice-Chancellors to Act on his behalf and not to replace him, from this the Council choose the most senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Prof. Olubunmi Shittu as Acting Vice-Chancellor and not as substantive Vice-Chancellor.
“It is therefore disheartening the level journalism has degenerated to in Nigeria where supposed reputable and would have been respected media houses will deliberately manipulate the facts, cook up lies that never existed and spread same thereby misleading the innocent public for malicious reasons just to disparage the person of the substantive Vice-Chancellor Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina.