BREAKING NEWS: ASUU, NASU, SSANU
Shut Down UNN Indefinitely
Barely one day after the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
suspended its 5-month old strike, the
University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has
been shut down indefinitely by the
institution’s workers, Daily Post
reports.
During the serious protest in the
University on Wednesday, all the
workers union demanded the
immediate sack of the Vice Chancellor,
Prof. Bartho Okolo.
According to Vanguard, it was the
largest demonstration of members of
staff of the University of Nigeria Nsukka,
UNN, since the university was founded.
Academic and non-academic workers of
both campuses converged on the
campus in a spontaneous peaceful
demonstration to demand the
reinstatement of the Chairman of the
Governing Council, Prof Emeka Enejere,
who was said to have been suspended.
They chanted songs saying it was the
Vice Chancellor, Prof Bartho Okolo,
instead, who should be sacked.
After marching for half of the day and
some members of staff addressed the
press at the Freedom Square, they
however, dispersed, promising to return
for daily demonstrations until the
Council Chairman was reinstated and
other ills of the university which they
alleged originated by Prof Okolo were
corrected.
A professor told Vanguard that “the
Federal Government would have to
choose between only one man (Okolo)
or working with all of us.”
It has been gathered that Okolo is
accused of corrupt practices and neglect
of due process in running the affairs of
the university.