THE Edo Unity League, a socio-cultural organization in Edo State has appealed to the Minister of Education, Dr Tahir Maman, not to allow tribal sentiments to affect the processes for the emergence of the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
The group in a statement urged the Minister to ensure this happens so that other qualified candidates who are not from the Benin extraction are not marginalized.
According to a statement signed by its Coordinator General, Prof. Akenuwa J. Obarogie, "We are constrained to appeal for your rapt attention in the final selection stage for the Vice Chancellor designate of the University of Benin, this week, and to insist on an absolute due process.
"That is all we ask for, and you should bring the full weight of proactive justice on anyone or group who thrives in scaremongering or tribal jingoism. The outgoing Vice-Chancellor has strategically repositioned the University by her innate competence, capacity, and capability; these attributes have been enhanced by competent subordinates. For example, for the first time ever, we have a Yoruba Professor (Muslim) as a DVC.
" This has increased confidence in the team spirit to build a University that all stakeholders should be proud of, not one crippled by religious discrimination."
