Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has inaugurated the visitation panel he set up to investigate the crisis between the management of the Osun State University and the Governing Council of the university headed by Prof. Gabriel Olawoyin.

According to a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Wednesday, the governor inaugurated the panel headed by Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola on Tuesday evening.

Aregbesola lamented incessant crisis in universities in the country, saying rather than solving problems, they always created problems to be solved.

He urged the visitation panel‎ to complete their assignment and submit their report within four weeks‎ after the inauguration.

‎He said, “As you are aware of late, there have been some disquieting dust being raised in the institution (UNIOSUN). The Ikire campus was shut until recently. Now, the management and Council are at loggerheads.

“When a university is thrown into crisis, the non-curricular teaching the students freely take away is the fighting, disorder and disorganisation. Whereas, the ultimate learning they should take away from the university is problem solving skills, and not crisis generating capability.

“Worse still, the energy of the combatants will be dissipated in writing petitions, counter-petitions and fighting, instead of positively deploying it to teaching, mentoring young and impressionable minds and conducting researches.

“This unintended consequence of the university system regrettably has been a reoccurring feature in Nigeria.

“I find it troubling therefore that our universities are not problem solver but crisis generators. We want to end this and return UNIOSUN on the path of its founding mission.”

The chairman of the visitation panel ‎assured the governor that the committee would try their best to bring out the truth surrounding the crisis without any fear or favour.

He said, “I want to use this opportunity to thank the governor for having confidence in the panel. We will not be short of courage in getting to know the truth of what is happening in UNIOSUN.

“There is something fundamentally wrong with governance in the country. What is happening in the university is a reflection of what is going on in the country. The problem in UNIOSUN is that of governance problem.

“The commission hereby assures Mr. Governor that we shall do our work to the best of our ability within the set time frame.”