UNIOSUN Vice-Chancellor Slams ‘Ghost Worker’ Report as Fraudulent, Threatens Legal Action

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, he described the audit report from the 2023 state personnel verification exercise as “unprofessional, fraudulent, and misleading,” demanding a formal apology and threatening legal action.

Professor Adebooye emphasized that the university’s response is rooted in transparency, accountability, and truth, and is “apolitical, aimed solely at clarifying facts for the public.” He explained that the statewide verification exercise, conducted in May and June 2023, required UNIOSUN’s entire staff of 1,017 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,” he said, adding that the firm lacked understanding of 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.

Professor Adebooye reiterated that UNIOSUN operates a strict, law-abiding payroll system subject to statutory oversight and monthly verification.