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Prof Iyayi: ASUU postpones NEC meeting
indefinitely on november 13, 2013 at 4:58 pm in news By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano.

KANO – The Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Wednesday suspended
indefinitely its National Executive Council
meeting over the sudden death of its former
national President, Prof. Festus Iyayi who died in a fatal auto-crash along Lokoja – Abuja federal Highway Tuesday.
Prof. Festus Iyayi,66, died after the vehicle
he was travelling in had a head-on collision with a security vehicle attached on the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Ichala Wada at a village near Lokoja .
Iyayi was on his way to Kano for the National
Executive Council meeting. National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasiru Fagge
told reporters in Kano that “we are compelled
to postponed this meeting in the light of the
sudden death of one of our strongest pillar
who died yesterday”
Dr. Nasiru Fagge said that “as you can see for yourself, we are mourning the departure of this great scholar and you would agree with me that in this circumstance we cannot look at issues objectively”. Dr. Fagge described his late colleague as a ‘strong pillar of the union’, stressing that “this is great loss to the entire country”.

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Bad news.
Last Bullet:
RIP Prof Iyayi.