The Kwara government has sacked the Vice-chancellor of Kwara State University, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah with immediate effect.
A statement by the government directed him to immediately step down for Professor Kenneth Adeyemi who will serve as acting Vice Chancellor while Mr Naalah proceeds on terminal leave.
The ousted VC, Mr Na’allah, 56, was appointed vice-chancellor at the inception of the university in the 2009-2010 academic session.
The state government did not give any reason for the sudden removal of Mr Na’Allah, the pioneer head of the institution.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the chairman of the university’s governing council, Saka Nuru, dissociating the council from the governor’s action.
“This directive is not in tune with the University’s law and is going to lead to distraction from the Rain Semester examination and the process appointment of principal officers that are currently in progress,” the newspaper quoted Professor Nuru as saying.
“This action of the state government is illegal and the Governing Council of KWASU has no hand in the directive.”