By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief Benin
Some members of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) community have petitioned the screening committee for the Vice Chancellorship position, calling on the committee to carry out proper investigation to ascertain the integrity of some of the applicants presenting themselves for the position.
One of the petitioners, Dr. Emmanuel Irabor, of the Department of Chemistry, alleged that certain persons presenting themselves for the Vice Chancellorship should be out rightly disqualified.
Irabor, in his petition entitled: “Re: vacancy for the post of Vice Chancellor: A call for the investigation and disqualification of two of the candidates for forgery, falsification of official document and gross misconduct”, alleged that the said candidates while as dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences, “forged and falsified the information contained in a promotion document submitted by the then head of Department of Chemistry to secure favourable consideration from the university appointments and promotions board to the post of associate professor.”
The petitioner claimed, however that one of the professors who at the time the faculty appointments and promotions board’s meeting was held was not the Vice Chancellor’s representative who fabricated the fraud committed by the professor by endorsing the forged and falsified document.
Irabor further claimed that the same professor arbitrarily awarded scores to some students in disputed CHM412 results of the Department of Chemistry in 2004/2005 session contrary to the directive of the vice chancellor.
According to him, the vice chancellor had directed the addition of fifteen (15) marks across board to all the students but this Professor exceeded his brief by awarding arbitrarily and discriminatory marks to
some students in a course he did not teach.
“It is my considered opinion that this dark page of the university history has to be closed by subjecting the action of these two Professors to the regulation of the University of Benin.
“The determination of the vice chancellor, Prof. O.G Oshodin to deal a decisive blow on corruption and the well document aversion of his administration to corruption and other unethical conduct has instigated me to bring this situation to your attention”, Dr. Irabor maintained.
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