The national leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) has called
the Osun State Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, to immediately
reverse the suspension of the
Vice C
hancellor of Osun State
University (UNIOSUN),
Professor Bashir Okesina,
registrar and the bursar of the
institution.
The demand came against the
backdrop of a lingering crisis,
which had pitched the
governing council and the
management of the university
against each other.
The pro chancellor of the
institution, Professor Gabriel
Olawoyin, had recently
suspended three principal staff
for allegedly defrauding the
university, while a panel was
constituted by the council to
probe allegations of financial
impropriety levelled against
them last week Monday.
However, at a press conference
addressed in Osogbo, ASUU
national chairman, Professor
Nasir Fagge, who was
represented by Professor
Segun Ajiboye, the coordinator
of ASUU, Ibadan Zone,
maintained that the pro
chancellor lacked the power
under the law that established
the university to suspend the
vice chancellor.
He accused the chairman of the
governing council of victimising
its members and also
condemned the setting up of a
parallel investigative body by
Olawoyin, noting that the
visitor to the university and
Osun State governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, had already
constituted a visitation panel
headed by the Vice Chancellor
of Federal University of
Technology (FUTA), Akure,
Professor Gregory Adebiyi, to
investigate the matter.
The ASUU chairman therefore
tasked Aregbesola to
immediately inaugurate the
visitation panel and also
reverse the order suspending
the vice chancellor and others,
in order to grant them access to
their offices, so that they can
get relevant documents to
prove their innocence in the
matter.
Also speaking, ASUU’s national
treasurer, Dr Ademola Aremu,
urged the state government to
ensure prompt payment of
salaries and other entitlements
of the union’s members
working in the institution. He
lamented that the state
government currently owes
them two months salaries.
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) has called
the Osun State Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, to immediately
reverse the suspension of the
Vice C
hancellor of Osun State
University (UNIOSUN),
Professor Bashir Okesina,
registrar and the bursar of the
institution.
The demand came against the
backdrop of a lingering crisis,
which had pitched the
governing council and the
management of the university
against each other.
The pro chancellor of the
institution, Professor Gabriel
Olawoyin, had recently
suspended three principal staff
for allegedly defrauding the
university, while a panel was
constituted by the council to
probe allegations of financial
impropriety levelled against
them last week Monday.
However, at a press conference
addressed in Osogbo, ASUU
national chairman, Professor
Nasir Fagge, who was
represented by Professor
Segun Ajiboye, the coordinator
of ASUU, Ibadan Zone,
maintained that the pro
chancellor lacked the power
under the law that established
the university to suspend the
vice chancellor.
He accused the chairman of the
governing council of victimising
its members and also
condemned the setting up of a
parallel investigative body by
Olawoyin, noting that the
visitor to the university and
Osun State governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, had already
constituted a visitation panel
headed by the Vice Chancellor
of Federal University of
Technology (FUTA), Akure,
Professor Gregory Adebiyi, to
investigate the matter.
The ASUU chairman therefore
tasked Aregbesola to
immediately inaugurate the
visitation panel and also
reverse the order suspending
the vice chancellor and others,
in order to grant them access to
their offices, so that they can
get relevant documents to
prove their innocence in the
matter.
Also speaking, ASUU’s national
treasurer, Dr Ademola Aremu,
urged the state government to
ensure prompt payment of
salaries and other entitlements
of the union’s members
working in the institution. He
lamented that the state
government currently owes
them two months salaries.
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