BY SIMON  EBEGBULEM

BENIN—BINI indigenes in Europe and the United States of America, have faulted the report that the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Prof. Osayuki Oshodin, emerged due to the agitation of the Bini ethnic group for a Vice-Chancellor and not on merit.

Describing the report, by a national daily, as untrue and mischievous, the group said that apart from the fact that Prof. Oshodin was eminently qualified for the position and hence  deserved same, “what the Binis were fighting then was a cabal that made it impossible for qualified Binis to emerge as Vice Chancellor of the University on their soil and not that we wanted a Bini VC at all cost.”

A statement by Mrs. Rose Osayande, recalled that among all those who went for the interview, “Prof. Oshodin, was one of the best and that was why he was chosen. He became a Professor in 1991 and has served the University in many capacities before he was appointed Vice-Chancellor.”