THE Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), Ibadan zone yesterday faulted
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state
over his unilateral removal of the Vice-
Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of
Education, Professor Segun Awonusi and
the subsequent appointment of Professor
Oluyemisi Obilade as the new VC.
ASUU, at an emergency meeting held at
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU),
maintained that the power to appoint and
remove principal officers as contained in the
university law is vested in the governing
council.
While describing Amosun’s action as illegal
and unconstitutional, ASUU resolved that the
non-constitution of Governing Council for
the university despite persistent demand by
the union has made effective governance of
the institution impossible.
In a communique signed by union leaders
from the zone, namely, Dr Segun Ajiboye
(UI), Karo Ogbinaka (UNILAG), Tayo Omoniyi
(OOU), Jamiu Oluwatoki (LASU), Anthony
Oyenuga (TASUED), and Biodun Badmus
(FUNAAB), the university teachers alleged
that the failure of Amosun to constitute a
governing council for the institution was a
premeditated action to pave way for the
Governor to rob the university of its
autonomy.
The union then urged Amosun to toe the
path of the rule of law by constituting the
governing council and re- appraising the
removal of Prof Awonusi with a view to
dispelling the cloud of instability on the
university.