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The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the University of Ilorin, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged disappearance of about N3.5billion from the coffers of the university.
According to Nigerian Tribune, the the petition was titled: “Complaint of fraudulent practices by Professor IO Oloyede and Professor AG Ambali as immediate past and current vice chancellors respectively of the University of Ilorin: Pension fraud and other financial and economic crimes.”, was submitted on Thursday at the Ibadan zonal office of EFCC.
Oloyede was recently appointment registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and it attracted protests from the institution’s ASUU
Reports said the petition was reportedly signed by the Ibadan zone chairmen of ASUU, Dr Ade Adejumo, and the chairman of ASUU in the University of Ibadan, Dr Deji Omole, Dr Biodun Olaniran of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Dr Dauda Adeshina, Kwara state University, and Dr Kayode Afolayan of the University of Ilorin.
ASUU listed pension fraud, unremitted deductions, extortion from students, contract inflation and kick-backs; as well as unlawful payments to ex-principal officers of the university as some of the allegations against the duo.
Part of the petition reads: “For the avoidance of doubt, the legal minimum prescribed by Pension Act at the time was 7.5 per cent of emoluments and staff were paying even above this minimum.
“By way of comparison, in federal universities such as University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, the sum of N20, 124. 62 is deducted from each professor as pension contribution per month.
“However, in the University of Ilorin, the sum of N40, 206. 42 is deducted monthly for the same pension contribution contrary to law”.
The petition added: “Our preliminary investigations revealed that billions of naira have been extorted from population of about 35,000 students including Sandwich students over the past years”
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