This
was made known via a statement on the university’s website, signed by
the university Registrar and Secretary to the University’s Senate, Mr.
Daniel Urhibo.
Most
of the 17 teaching staff, who were reprimanded for Plagiarism,
according to the statistics, were Readers in their various departments.
Others were from the ranks of Assistant Lecturers to Senior Lecturers.
The
decisions, the statement said, were taken based on recommendations made
by the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee (SSDC) to the university’s
Governing Council after the institution’s 101st regular meeting held on
Friday, 18th August, 2017 at the university premises.
Urhibo,
in the statement, said the workers were allegedly thoroughly
investigated by the SSDC and appropriately sanctioned based on the
gravity of the crimes committed.
Three senior officers from the Bursary Department were also among workers dismissed from the service of the institution.
For
instance, the Chief Accountant of the institution, Mr. Henry Etaverho
Onovwiemore, was shown the way out for allegedly absconding from his
duty post since 29th October, 2012.
Also,
Mr. S.T. Orugboh, an Accountant II from the Bursary department, got his
dismissal for also allegedly absconding from his duty post since
October, 2012.
Not
left out is the Provost of the Oleh Campus of DELSU, Prof. B.O. Okaba
who is also of the Department of Political Science. He would no longer
hold any position in the university for a duration of 5 years, beginning
from November 2015.
Another
professor from the Department of Agric Economics and Extension, who’s
also Dean, Post Graduate School, Mrs. O.D. Ogisi, was removed from her
position and given a strong warning.
The statement included several other workers found guilty of one infractions or the other with appropriate sanctions following.
About
seven married women were among the 54 workers investigated as contained
in the circular. However, two were discharged and acquitted.
