
May your days be long. Thanks for your service. And thanks for the clarification. Hopefully this will moderate those too who seem too quick to blame or quarrel, even without knowing the facts.
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All Aluko Haters,
You see a man of great honour and superb breeding and intellect. He went to do a job for his country and he did the job excellently well.
He is a rare great man. Greater than all you who hate him will ever aspire to be in your next 10 incarnations.
Dear brother I salute you. I salute your courage and dedication to your mother and father land. You deserve a well earned rest.
God bless you.
Cheers.
IBK
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Dear Prof. Aluko;Let me use this opportunity, on behalf of AfriHUB Group and the Nigerian Diaspora Alumni Network (NiDAN) to congratulate you at the successful completion of your 5-year term as the Pioneer Vice Chancellor of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State. It only seems like yesterday when in February 2011, you answered the call to serve our dear nation in the VCship capacity, and I can personally attest, having been to your beautiful campus in remote Otuoke and interacted with your students, that you are leaving behind a remarkable chasm of excellence, an indelible footprint of academic, infrastructural, human and community impact for which generations yet unborn shall remember you. We look forward to seeing you in even higher calling of service to our nation, in a capacity limited only by your penchant style for avoiding "low hanging fruits" and choosing more challenging posts, albeit with little or no applause. A vacation in the immediate term?... Very well deserved!!!Again, Congrats as we wish you the best in your future endeavors.....Very Warm Wishes,Manny Aniebonam_______________________________________________________________________________Prof. Manny C. Aniebonam, President/CEO/GMDTHE AFRIHUB GROUP(Think Solutions,Think AfriHUB...... And Go Global)-------- Original Message --------
Subject: On the Matter of the Expiration of my Tenure as VC of Federal
University Otuoke - Part OneFrom: Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, February 14, 2016 8:21 am
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My People:I exhibit below three letters, and make some pertinent observations:1. Figure 1: a letter from the Federal Ministry of Education on my appointment as Vice-Chancellor for a single term, effective February 16, 2016 (letter dated February 17). My last official day is therefore Monday, February 15, 2016, which I have known from Day One, which I have never sought to change. In fact, at this time, I have cleared out my desk in readiness for a new Vice-Chancellor.2. Parenthetically, nine of us VCs were appointed on the same day and handed this letter on February 17 - Dutse, Dutsin-Ma, Kashere, Lafia, Lokoja, Ndufu-Alike, Oye, Otuoke and Wukari. The pioneer vC of Oye was appointed a Minister of the Federal Government two years later and was replaced by a new one in February 2013, at the very same time that three other Vice-Chancellors were announced - Gashua, Gusau and Kebbi - all for five-year single terms as spelt out in letters to them.3. Figure 2: a letter dated February 4, 2016 from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to eight Pro-Chancellors (of Dutse, Dutsin-Ma, Kashere, Lafia, Lokoja, Ndufu-Alike, Otuoke and Wukari, appropriately omitting Oye) re-confirming the date of expiration of tenure of their Vice-Chancellors, and appropriately Instructing each of them about the proper handing-over to an Acting Vice-Chancellor by the current VC in order to avoid any vacuum in power within the universities.4. Figure 3: a letter that made the previous referenced letter necessary, that is a letter (dated 19 November, 2015) to the same eight Pro-Chancellors asking for the suspension of the due-process appointment of new Vice-Chancellors in their Universities, a process that began with newspaper advertisements..5. New substantive Vice-Chancellors have since been announced by the Federal Government (and Proprietor) for all the twelve universities, but their instruments of office are yet to be delivered to them. I wish all of them well whenever their terms begin, and in particular the new VC appointed for Federal University Otuoke, whose interest will be my concern for the rest of my natural life.Those above are the facts, and nothing but the facts, without embellishment at this time.To close, it has been a unique joy and a rare privilege to serve the country these five years as pioneer VC of the new Federal University Otuoke in Bayelsa State. I write with sincere gratitude to the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for appointing me along with others - coincidentally for me to serve in his very home-town! :-) Gratitude also goes to the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the support of the university since it came on board in May 2015. President Buhari deserves all support, and has the unique opportunity to do things right and to do the right things for our country. One hopes and expects that as Visitor to all of our Federal Universities, those include respect and honor that Vice-Chancellors - as the apex head of educational institutions all over the world.- deserve.The race has been run, and some rest is deserved! :-).Best wishes all.Bolaji AlukoVice-Chancellor, Federal University OtuokeFebruary 14, 2016Figure 1: Letter from the Federal Ministry of Education on My Appointment as Vice-Chancellor, effective February 16, 2016 (Letter Dated February 17)
Figure 2: Letter dated February 4, 2016 from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to Eight Pro-Chancellors Re-Confirming the Date of Expiration of Tenure of the Vice-Chancellors, and Instructing about the Proper Handing-Over to an Acting Vice-ChancellorFigure 3: Letter (dated 19 November, 2015) to Eight Pro-Chancellors Asking for the Suspension of the Due-Process Appointment of new Vice-Chancellors in their Universities_______________________________________________________
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"All Aluko Haters,
You see a man of great honour and superb breeding and intellect. He went to do a job for his country and he did the job excellently well.
He is a rare great man. Greater than all you who hate him will ever aspire to be in your next 10 incarnations." --IBK
Dear IBK,
Specific to this conversation about expiration of office (or not) of some VCs and appointment of new ones to replace them; and since you are an expert in identifying "Aluko Haters", can you please point to one submission on this subject, on this list, that illustrates hatred of Aluko. I searched and could not find any. Rather, what is evident is some questioning the timing / appropriateness / process of the appointment of the new VCs by the federal government. While some of us noted that Prof Aluko and most (if not all) of the other VCs have just about finished their 5-yr term and should not sacked. hence, I called for clarification. Prof Aluko obliged. And I again called for moderation (i.e. that folks not be too quick to blame the government without knowing all the facts). I do not see how any of the contributors on any side of this "debate" can be judged as "Aluko Hater" by any stretch of imagination.
And since you also mentioned superb breed, those of of us who are egalitarian by nature (even if noble and royal) would like to know who on this list you consider of inferior (or not so superb) breed. Otherwise, why make the point?
Even if your language (above) is normal and acceptable in other lists, I find it offensive here. There is a reason some of us are not involved in other lists where contributors write like you just did or worse. I fear that those who cross-post from one list to the other are gradually but surely cross-contaminating our list (usaafricadialogue) negatively.
Regards,
Okey Ukaga
Dear Mobolaji,Let me add my contribution to the well deserved cudos that have been coming your way my heartfelt congratulations on your exceptional stewardship as Vice Chancellor of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State. It was an honor to make a modest contribution to the early guidance for the University and visit your campus in the early days of its impressive physical development. My visits to Nigeria since than have unfortunately not taken me to Bayelsa State. Although my personal engagement has been limited, I have followed faithfully from afar your artful management of the academic, financial, cultural, and political challenges that emerged to circumscribe -- but never impede - the execution of your well defined vision for the institution. The addition of a high-quality seat of education for the people of Bayelsa State, Niger Delta, and Nigeria is no small accomplishment, as the country strives to harness its abundant human capacity to the ongoing task of economic and social development. Your accomplishment will endure and expand. I wish you the very best in your future endeavors, which I have no doubt will be equally impressive and visionary, and would look forward to seeing you again when you are in Washington, D.C. E kuse 'o!With very best wishes,Deirdre
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Manny C:Thank you, bo, Manny! You contributed in no small measure - professionally, collegially, friendly-ly - to whatever little success that I garnered at remote Otuoke! :-) You are a trail blazer yourself, having taken the plunge back to Nigeria way before some of us did.I thank the NIDAN family through you, and I look forward to my short rest!Best wishes.Bolaji Aluko
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Prof. Manny C Aniebonam <Prof...@afrihub.com> wrote:
Dear Prof. Aluko;Let me use this opportunity, on behalf of AfriHUB Group and the Nigerian Diaspora Alumni Network (NiDAN) to congratulate you at the successful completion of your 5-year term as the Pioneer Vice Chancellor of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State. It only seems like yesterday when in February 2011, you answered the call to serve our dear nation in the VCship capacity, and I can personally attest, having been to your beautiful campus in remote Otuoke and interacted with your students, that you are leaving behind a remarkable chasm of excellence, an indelible footprint of academic, infrastructural, human and community impact for which generations yet unborn shall remember you. We look forward to seeing you in even higher calling of service to our nation, in a capacity limited only by your penchant style for avoiding "low hanging fruits" and choosing more challenging posts, albeit with little or no applause. A vacation in the immediate term?... Very well deserved!!!Again, Congrats as we wish you the best in your future endeavors.....Very Warm Wishes,Manny Aniebonam_______________________________________________________________________________Prof. Manny C. Aniebonam, President/CEO/GMDTHE AFRIHUB GROUP
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Aba the respectable Prof Aluko, l must confess here that the first place l got wind of you was through your dint of hardwork during the yore years of the present Governor and your contributions to Ekitipanupo.Ever since, l have been following you and l must say l am proud of you and sincerely congratulate you for job well done in Otuoke. As an Ekitiman like you, l held back from saying this congratulation not until l called a friend right there in Otuoke (Don Pedro by name) an indigene of the State to confirm or not the level of your stewardship to wish he was so eletated to call for retaining you.The likes of mad-man chasing Abiodun all over Owerri, the truck driver (Chukwumad, the Eze gburugburu of lepers), Wharfey the crawling hell bound creature, Collins (the tree bitter), Yeye Rolling (omo ale omo baba gbokugboku), Ezeana (Odi Osaa, the man with one scotron) etc will all and continue because all put together with Stevek, Asagarawa, Otitigbe (babalawo ologunika) and the rest can not lace your shoe.Congratulation VC for running a good race.HC AdeSent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Mobolaji AlukoSent: Monday, 15 February 2016 17:59To: Deirdre LaPinReply To: africanw...@googlegroups.comCc: Manny C Aniebonam; USAAfrica Dialogue; naijaintellects; NaijaPolitics e-Group; NigerianWorldForum; africanw...@googlegroups.com; niger...@yahoogroups.com; OmoOdua; Ra'ayi; ekiti ekitigroups; NiDAN; Yan Arewa; Prof. O.Subject: [africanworldforum] Re: MY CUDOS on an excellent job and Best Wishes for 2016 -- On the Matter of the Expiration of my Tenure as VC of Federal University Otuoke - Part One
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