The Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Prof. Kate Omenugha, has reacted to allegations trailing her administration after the sack of five lecturers of the university.
The management of the institution had last month announced the sack of five senior lecturers from various departments and faculties for offences including sexual harassment and dereliction of duty.
Fighting back, some of the sacked lecturers opened what they described as a can of worms, citing corruption within the system and falling standards of education among other allegations.
Reacting, the Vice Chancellor during a press conference on Thursday said the allegations were simply false, and meant as pushback by the sacked lecturers to derail the argument from the trending issue, which were the reasons for which they were sacked.
Omenugha while addressing journalists said: “I should be commended for doing what I did, and not vilification. Take things like sexual molestation of students by lecturers for example, these things have been happening under previous administrations and no one could stop them, but when I came in, I said no.
“You cannot be instilling fear in the students that are put under your care. If you molest my students sexually, I will rise up and fight you. So, no matter what they are saying, I must let them know that I will never tolerate it.
“No one can vilify me for sanctioning erring lecturers. By the way, I expect to be praised and commended for standing up to these lecturers than be
