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Some professors at the University of Ibadan (UI) have backed the decision of the newly constituted university council to restart the process of electing the 13th Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the institution.
They stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Saturday as news filtered in on the decision of the UI council.
NAN reports that the process of electing the 13th VC for the premier university had been marred with various allegations on the processes set by the former VC, Idowu Olayinka.
The UI VC race started in May 2020.
NAN also gathered that the decision to restart the VC selection process was reached at a meeting of the university council held on Friday and presided by its chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.
Baptist Mission Schools defend JAMB Registration Fee
By Ibukun Emiola
Ibadan, May 1, 2021 The Director of Baptist Mission Schools, Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr Tide Olalere, has defended the N4,700 fee charged by the school for registration of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Olalere, who at a news conference on Saturday in Ibadan, refuted the news of extortion making the round on social media, explained why the school charged the amount for UTME.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede had in a video clip interviewed a student and a teacher of Baptist Girls’ Academy, Obanikoro Lagos, over the fee charged for UTME registration, where both quoted different amounts.
A video had surfaced online of the registrar questioning a candidate from the school as regards the fees paid for JAMB registration in the school and the student was heard saying N8, 000.