{"id":173895,"date":"2025-08-13T08:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:20:41","slug":"okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Okpebholo Faces Criticism for Edo University VC Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Etsako Consciousness, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has faulted the appointment of Victor Olawale as the Vice-Chancellor of Edo State University, Iyamho, describing the process as biased and lacking merit.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Monday Okpebholo announced Olawale\u2019s appointment last week, but in a statement signed by its chairman, Imonikhe Paul, the group alleged that the selection process was influenced by nepotism and ethnic bias.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, the university\u2019s governing council, chaired by Prof. Olusegun Akinyinka, favoured Olawale despite Prof. Ganiyu Oboh, an indigene of Etsako, reportedly emerging as the top candidate during the screening exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Etsako Consciousness also claimed that the council is dominated by individuals of Yoruba descent, which it believes played a role in the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The group urged Governor Okpebholo to probe the selection process, insisting that the appointment disregarded merit and compromised the integrity of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>It highlighted Oboh\u2019s impressive track record, including his role as a professor of applied biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, head of the Functional Food and Nutraceutical Laboratory Unit, and recipient of awards for best biochemist researcher in both Nigeria and Africa. Oboh has also lectured at Ambrose Alli University and Auchi Polytechnic.<\/p>\n<p>Etsako Consciousness argued that the leadership of a state-owned university should give priority to qualified indigenes, warning that overlooking such candidates could erode the morale of locals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere, when and why the state Governor\/visitor of the school has the right to choose among the three shortlisted candidates, it doesn\u2019t mean merit should be kept aside. That would be an insult to the entire Etsako people both within and outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe act and practice of neither recognizing the indigenes in a contest nor appreciating them, would dampen their morale,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Etsako Consciousness, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has faulted the appointment of Victor Olawale as the Vice-Chancellor of Edo State University, Iyamho, describing the process as biased and lacking merit. Governor Monday Okpebholo announced Olawale\u2019s appointment last week, but in a statement signed by its chairman, Imonikhe Paul, the group alleged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1118,254,12790],"class_list":["post-173895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo-university","tag-nigeria","tag-okpebholo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Okpebholo Faces Criticism for Edo University VC Appointment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Etsako Consciousness, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has faulted the appointment of Victor Olawale as the V ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Okpebholo Faces Criticism for Edo University VC Appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Etsako Consciousness, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has faulted the appointment of Victor Olawale as the V ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T07:36:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T09:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755064366.107828.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"649\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Okpebholo Faces Criticism for Edo University VC Appointment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-13T07:36:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T09:20:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755064366.107828.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo University\",\"Nigeria\",\"Okpebholo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpebholo-faces-criticism-for-edo-university-vc-appointment\",\"name\":\"Okpebholo Faces Criticism for Edo University VC Appointment - 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