Criticisms, distrust trail selection of UNILAG vice chancellor

Some members of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Community have alleged that the committee saddled with the shortlisting of candidates for the Vice Chancellorship position was tilting towards a particular candidate.

The selection process has been greeted with criticisms even as a source in the university told The Guardian that there were some misgivings in the selection procedures. A source, who pleaded anonymity, alleged that the shortlisting committee altered the selection criteria to favour their candidate.

He said the process has become a subject of controversy, adding that the committee that did the screening and shortlisting altered the criteria and that from all indications the selection was done with bias.

“They gave higher marks to one of their candidates, who now has a clear advantage over the others and all the applicants from the non-science disciplines were technically excluded, as they chose only those who had been published in some science journals.

The Guardian, October 19, 2017

 

 

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