The Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, yesterday fired the Vice Chancellors of the three state-owned universities and the provost of the only College of Education in the state.
The government said their removal, which was with immediate effect, was in preparation for the commencement of the repositioning of the education sector in the state.
Mr Fayemi, according to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mojeed Jamiu ordered the vice chancellors to hand over to the most senior professor in their universities.
Those affected include the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD), Dipo Kolawole, who had just spent two out of his five-year term in the position. Others are the vice chancellor of the University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti (USTI), Samuel Oye Bandele and that of the University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti (TUNEDIK), Akin Ogunlade.
The acting Provost of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti has also been replaced Francesca Aladejana of the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife , Nigeria in the sweep.
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