VC: Akeredolu decries invasion of OAU by traditionalists

He said: “Those responsible for this disgrace should be ashamed of themselves. This is assuming they possess any sense of shame. This act should elicit the most strident condemnation from all good people. I condemn it without equivocation.

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“Obafemi Awolowo University has been a pride of the Southwest since its establishment by the purposeful political leadership at that period. Its new status as a national institution notwithstanding, the people of this geo-political space possess this emotional attachment, traceable to the politics of its establishment, anchored on the vision for the redemption of a race from colonialism, its tendentious predilections and the attendant loss of identity.

“The disturbing facts emanating from Ife over an appointment, which is internal, almost entirely, reveal the depth of rot in that system. The intensity of campaign for an office, which serious scholars declined to take in the past for the fear of distraction, gives a glimpse on the quality of research purportedly undertaken in most places in recent times. It is disheartening!

“The events of the last few days depict, clearly, that our universities seem interested in issues too distant from teaching and research. The painful reality, which comes with the knowledge that our Great Ife has joined other erstwhile centres of excellence, which deal with the burden of rapidly receding glory, is sad indeed.”