NOUN Assures Of Fair Selection Process For Next Vice Chancellor

The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has reassured the nationalist and members of its world assemblage that the process of selecting the adjacent Vice-Chancellor volition beryllium fair, transparent, and strictly successful enactment with established guidelines.

This assurance followed a societal media study suggesting that a imaginable campaigner for the presumption had been disqualified due to the fact that his sanction was not included successful a congregation list.

However, the university, successful a property connection signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, dismissed the claims arsenic misleading, clarifying that the names presently connected circulation were not last and bash not correspond the afloat database of qualified candidates for the apical position.

“The alleged congregation database being circulated is not successful immoderate mode conclusive. In fact, the said campaigner has been included successful the congregation list,” the assemblage said.

It further explained that the process of appointing a caller Vice-Chancellor remains ongoing, arsenic the deadline for submission of applications, advertised successful 3 nationalist dailies, has not yet elapsed.

“The hunt for the adjacent Vice-Chancellor is simply a enactment successful progress. It is not foreclosed until the advertised deadline is reached,” the Council assured.

NOUN urged stakeholders and the wide nationalist to disregard immoderate publications aimed astatine misinforming oregon stirring contention implicit the process, stressing that the Governing Council is committed to a conscionable and credible outcome.