The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin and now the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has lambasted the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over what he described as empty allegations leveled against him in the union’s recent petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a statement issued yesterday by Oloyede, he described the authors of the said petition as deranged, reckless, mischievous and psychopathic silly persons.
Oloyede, who is the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, quoted copiously from the holy books to justify his innocence, saying his tenure as the vice-chancellor at the university witnessed transparency, accountability and supremacy of the rule of law.
He said; “In a period when common sense is no longer common, it would not be surprising that some people would not take effusions that are bereft of an iota of sense with a pinch of salt. So, the vituperations that “the 49 liars” and their mentors directed at me more than four years after I left office as vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin are explained thus:
“The Pension Act of 2004 provided that 7.5 per cent of emoluments should be deducted from staff salaries and remitted into their pension accounts with Pension Funds Administrators (PFAs). Most Universities including UNILORIN based the calculation on basic salary and transport allowance. This was the case between July 2004 and December 2006 before I became Vice-Chancellor. I know no PFA and if salaries were deducted and saved in employees’ account, I would not be the beneficiary.
“Then, from January 2007, Government that is matching the employees contribution with another 7.5 per cent directed that it should be based on Consolidated Pay. Some universities were compelled by the fake and fraudulent campus hyenas not to comply with the directive of 2007.
About two years into my tenure my attention was drawn to the new decision which was advantageous to workers whose higher sum was being equally matched by Government, I convened a meeting of the stakeholders on the government directive and all parties agreed not only to commence on the higher savings (which Government doubles than doubling of lower contributions) but to also double the difference for certain number of months to ensure full compliance with the new directive was with effect from the stipulated January 2007.”
It would be recalled that a petition addressed to the EFCC dated December 29, and jointly signed by the Ibadan Zonal Chairmen of ASUU, Dr. Ade Adejumo, and the University of Ibadan, Dr. Deji Omole; Dr. Biodun Olaniran of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology; Dr. Dauda Adeshina of Kwara State University, and Dr Kayode Afolayan of the University of Ilorin, accusing Oloyede and his successor at the university, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, of perpetrating fraud totalling more than N2 billion.
The petition described the University of Ilorin management as one of the most corrupt among higher institutions in the country, saying the institution has been operating under the pretext of keeping stable academic calendar to silence whistle blowers while perpetrating enormous fraud.
