Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- The Osun State Government has rejected the characterisation of the extension of the tenure of the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Clement Adebooye, as illegal, saying the committee's position requires further legal clarification.

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN) had questioned the two-year extension of Mr Adebooye's tenure, arguing that his statutory five-year term could not be extended through an executive pronouncement by Governor Ademola Adeleke, who is the university's visitor.

The committee said the extension was contrary to the existing legal framework and urged Mr Adeleke to comply with the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2012, as amended. ...