UNIOSUN VC Denies Ghost Worker Allegations, Condemns Audit Report
The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Clement Adebooye, has refuted claims by Sally Tibbot Consulting that 250 university staff, including himself, are ghost workers.
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The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Clement Adebooye, has refuted claims by Sally Tibbot Consulting that 250 university staff, including himself, are ghost workers.
Speaking at a news briefing on the main campus in Osogbo, Professor Adebooye described the audit report from the 2023 state personnel verification exercise as “unprofessional, fraudulent, and misleading”, demanding a formal apology and threatening legal action.
He stressed that the university’s response is grounded in transparency, accountability, and truth, noting that it is apolitical and intended solely to clarify facts for the public. According to him, the statewide verification exercise, conducted in May and June 2023, required all 1,017 UNIOSUN staff to report on a single day, 18 August 2023, at the State Secretariat, alongside employees from other agencies.
“The consultant’s personnel were grossly inadequate and unskilled to handle this multitude,” Professor Adebooye said, adding that the firm misunderstood university operations and wrongly included staff on sabbatical, study leave, research leave, visiting lecturers, and those who had retired or resigned between 2022 and 2023.
He reiterated that UNIOSUN maintains a strict, law-abiding payroll system, subject to statutory oversight and monthly verification, emphasizing the integrity of the institution’s staffing records.
