Dr. Wale Babalakin has tendered a resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, stepping down as the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos.
The letter of resignation was addressed to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and dated September 15, 2020.
Babalakin in the letter thanked Buhari for giving him the opportunity to serve as the Pro-Chancellor of UNILAG from May 2017 till date.
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“I am also grateful that I was considered fit to be the Chairman of the Federal Government Negotiation Team on the Agreement reached with university unions in 2009, from 6th January 2017 till date. I equally want to thank you sir, for your role in recommending me to the President. Recent events have made my position in these two offices untenable.”
“It is noteworthy that all the Federal Government Representatives who are the independent members on the Governing Council voted for the removal of the Vice-Chancellor,” he stated.
Babalakin added, “After calm had been restored in the University, the Visitor acting within his powers, set up a Presidential Visitation Panel to review the actions taken by Governing Council.”
“The Vice-Chancellor (who had been removed from office) and myself were told to recuse ourselves for the duration of the Visitation Panel.”
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He said, “I find it difficult to understand how a non-executive Chairman of a Governing Council could be requested to recuse himself during the visitation.
“The Vice-Chancellor could only recuse himself if he were still in office. Implicit in this position is that the Vice-Chancellor was acknowledged as still being in office despite his removal.”
