ASUU Replies Uni Osun Pro-Chancellor over Comment about Strike.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has recapitulated its stand to protect the interest of members in Federal and state tertiary institutions for better conditions of service and access to education.
ASUU, in a press release by zonal coordinator of Ibadan Zone, Prof Oyebamiji O. Oyegoke, Prof. Ayoola Akinwole (UI), Prof. Moyosore Ajao (UNILORIN), Prof. Biodun Olaniran (LAUTECH), Dr. Shehu Salau (KWASU) and Dr. Wende Olaosebikan (UNIOSUN), stated that Nigerian academics could not be asked to earn by their performance when basic infrastructure for teaching and research are not available.
Recall that Mallam Yusuf Ali while addressing a press conference to herald the sixth biennial conference of Committee of Pro-Chancellors of state-owned universities in Nigeria, (COPSUN), the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said: “It is quite unfortunate that all the negotiations done so far with ASUU have been within the Federal Government and the union. And how COPSUN organization has never been a part of the negotiation which is where the problem lies. he also mentioned that the Federal Government negotiate with ASUU, only to come and force their agreement on those that are not a party to it?”
The union expressed surprise that the UNIOSUN pro-chancellor was unaware that pro-chancellors have always been part of the negotiations, hence it described his comment as a “down on one’s luck towards public-funded universities in Nigeria.”
