The Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, UNIOSUN Professor Clement Adebooye has rejected claims by Sally Tibbot Consulting that 250 of the University’s staff including the Vice-Chancellor are ghost workers.
Professor Adebooye disclosed this during a News briefing held at the main campus in Osogbo , in reponse to the ongoing controversies surrounding the 2023 Osun State personnel verification exercise.
The Vice Chancellor UNIOSUN who described the audit report as unprofessional, fraudulent, and misleading, threatened legal action against the firm and demanded a formal apology.
Professor Adebooye stressed that the University’s response is grounded in transparency, accountability, and truth, and emphasized that it is apolitical, aimed solely at clarifying facts for the public.
Professor Adebooye states “We are here not to engage in political arguments but to present the truth about our staff, whose integrity and professionalism have been wrongly questioned.”
“The statewide verification exercise conducted in May and June 2023 was fraught with operational inefficiencies and methodological flaws.
“UNIOSUN’s entire staff population of 1,017—including academic, administrative, and support staff—was required to report for verification in a single day, 18 August 2023, at the State Secretariat, alongside employees from other state agencies.
“The consultant’s personnel were grossly inadequate and unskilled to cope with this multitude,” the Vice-Chancellor explains further
The Vice-Chancellor noted that the consultant displayed a lack of understanding of university operations, ignoring staff on sabbatical, study leave, research leave, and visiting lecturers.
He explained that staff who had retired, resigned from service between the previous audit in 2022 and the latest exercise were improperly included in the ghost workers list.
Professor Adebooye reiterated the that UNIOSUN operates a strict, law-abiding payroll system subject to statutory oversight and monthly verification. 
