Governor Amosun fires MAPOLY Rector, Itiola

Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has asked the Rector of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta (MAPOLY), Prof. Oludele Itiola to proceed on a terminal leave.

This is part of efforts to find lasting solution to the crisis rocking the institution hit the rocks.

Itiola was, however, replaced by Ayodeji Salimon Tella, as the Acting Rector.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa, said in a statement that the decision was part of the general transition programme involving MAPOLY and the new Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology (MAUSTECH).

Itiola, who was appointed on November 10, 2013, was sacked as a fallout of the furore over the upgrade of the polytechnic to a university by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

In a press release signed by the SSG, the state government stated that the appointment of new Rector was “with immediate effect.”

Apparently to stave off the backlash, the state government, on Tuesday, summoned the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) into an emergency meeting.

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