The administration of the Federal College Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has raised the alarm over subterranean strikes by sure people whom it described because the enemies of the college. These people are allegedly elevating phantom allegations of gross misconduct towards the previous and present chief executives of the establishment.
This was because it refuted allegations of gross misconduct towards the previous Vice-Chancellor of FUOYE, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, stating that sponsors of the damaging report are hurting as a result of the college is reaching development, progress, and growth.
The administration additionally alerted the general public that related spurious allegations of misconduct, together with alleged sexual harassment and victimization of union members, are being hatched towards the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina.
The college, in a press release made accessible on Monday to newsmen by Dr Wole Balogun, Particular Adviser on Media Issues to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, and entitled: “RE: GOVERNMENT PANEL REPORT INDICTING EX-VC FUOYE – A BUNDLE OF MISREPRESENTATIONS AND TISSUES OF LIES,” faulted the claims contained within the damaging experiences towards the previous VC and described them as baseless, unfounded, and false.
The assertion learn: “Just lately, social media and a few information shops had been inundated with experiences alleging numerous acts of misconduct through the tenure of the previous Vice-Chancellor of the Federal College Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Kayode Soremekun, which they alleged had been from findings of a purported Federal Authorities panel of investigation arrange on FUOYE.
“Nevertheless, it’s crucial to categorically state that no such Federal Authorities panel has been convened to research FUOYE in current occasions. Consequently, the allegations are baseless and clearly a product of malicious intent by detractors. The assertion {that a} Federal Authorities panel investigated FUOYE just lately is completely fabricated.
“This obtrusive falsehood types the inspiration of a story designed to mislead the general public and tarnish the college’s status. Within the absence of any panel of investigation, there may be no discoveries of misconduct or irregularities, as alleged by these perpetuating this marketing campaign of calumny. The panel solely existed within the huge creativeness of the jaundiced reporters.”
Balogun additional said that the allegations raised within the report are supposed to undermine the success the college has achieved, including that “these baseless accusations look like a part of an orchestrated effort to undermine FUOYE, an establishment that has persistently demonstrated excellence in teachers, infrastructure, and governance.”
It continued: “The college’s exceptional achievements and development have evidently unsettled detractors who search to distract from its successes via fabricated narratives.
“The current smear marketing campaign focusing on the Federal College Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) is hardly shocking, given the establishment’s meteoric rise in Nigeria’s tutorial panorama.
“As one of many nation’s fastest-growing universities, FUOYE was, in 2023, acknowledged by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) because the fourth most-subscribed college in Nigeria.
“The college was just lately ranked by AD Scientific Index Restricted within the nineteenth place amongst Younger Universities in Nigeria. FUOYE ranked 18th by way of output in SciVal, having pooled (between 2020 and 2023) an combination of 1,219 scholarly outputs, 4,186 citations with 754 authors. As of October 2024, a complete of two,054 articles have been recorded in Scopus-indexed journals in favour of FUOYE students since its inception, the majority of which had been recorded from 2021 so far.
“This recognition underscores the establishment’s rising enchantment to college students, dad and mom, students, funding companies, and stakeholders, thereby reflecting its dedication to tutorial excellence, infrastructural growth, and sound governance.”
