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By Douglas Anele
I feel a strong emotional connection to the great, upwardly mobile, University of Lagos, Akoka because, among other things, I have spent the greater part of my productive adult years there with great memories. But like most members of the university community I really did not know in detail until recently the relevant laws that established the institution especially as they pertain to the relationship between the Management team led by the Vice Chancellor and the Governing Council chaired by the Pro-Chancellor.
Generally, it is during crisis particularly between the two groups that most staff and students realise that a harmonious working relationship between them is a desideratum. In the last thirty-seven years the most turbulent and rancorous period in the relationship between the Management of the University of Lagos and the Council was from May 2017 to August 21, 2020 when Dr. Wale Babalakin, a lawyer and businessman, was Pro-Chancellor and chairman of Council. About two years ago I attended a Senate meeting addressed by Dr. Babalakin.