UNILAG confirms withdrawal of admission list over alleged irregularities
Action aimed at ensuring justice, fairness –Varsity
The
authorities at the University of Lagos ( (UNILAG), Akoka, have
confirmed the withdrawal of the admission list for candidates who have
chosen to study in the university during the 2017/2018 academic session,
which it earlier released last week.
The development has created
palpable tension and anxiety among many parents and candidates,
especially those whose names had appeared in the withdrawn list.
The
victims, who are currently unsure of the current position of things,
have called on the authorities to urgently address the matter and ensure
justice.
Confirming the development, the university’s Deputy
Registrar, Information, Mr. Oluwatoyin Adebule, said as a responsible
institution, the management withdrew the list to investigate the
veracity of the allegation of irregularities leveled against it. He said
as soon as the issues are resolved, the list will be released again.
According
to Adebule, the withdrawal of the list became important so as to
protect the integrity of the university, saying it is not in the
character of the institution’s management to simply gloss over any such
allegation
There
is palpable fear among candidates who have chosen to study at the
University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, in the 2017/2018 academic session,
as the institution has withdrawn the first batch of its admission list,
which it earlier released last week. Parents and candidates, especially
those whose names had appeared in the withdrawn list, who are currently
unsure of the correct situation of things, have called on the
authorities to urgently address the matter and ensure justice. But the
university has confirmed the development, saying the action was
necessitated by the need to address grey areas and ensure justice and
fairness.
The development, Saturday Telegraph learnt, is not
unconnected with the allegations of irregularities and corruption as the
list was said to have contained names of some candidates whose results
are said to be too poor to deserve placement into the university.
Confirming
the development to Saturday Telegraph, the university’s Deputy
Registrar, Information, Mr. Oluwatoyin Adebule, said as a responsible
institution, the management withdrew the list to investigate the
veracity of the allegation of irregularities against it.
He said
as soon as the issues are resolved, the list will be released again.
According to Adebule, the withdrawal of the list became important so as
to protect the integrity of the university, saying it is not in the
character of the institution’s management to simply gloss over any such
allegation.
He said: “There is nothing strange about the
development, it has only confirmed the integrity of our institution and
the fact that we have remained “a university of first choice and the
nation’s pride.” We have limited spaces but everyone wants to study with
us.
So we should expect all sorts of efforts to drag us into the
mud but the university management is determined to ensure fairness and
justice at all times. “We are currently looking at all the issues and as
soon as we are through with the verifications and corrections where
necessary, the list will be released.”
It would be recalled that
the university had last week released the results of the first set of
candidates it offered provisional admission which it regarded as merit
list. But suddenly during the week, information had gone viral on social
media with anonymous messages have accused the university of inserting
candidates with poor scores in the merit list. Specifically, they said
the name of a candidate who had scored zero in the university’s
post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) test, had
appeared on the merit list to study Accounting, among others
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