The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Eyitope Ogunbodede, says teachers of the university are not taking part in the indefinite strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday.

According to the vice-chancellor, the lecturers of the university have no interest in the strike and would thus continue with their academic
activities.

“OAU is not on strike. As at today, no lecturer has told me that they
want to go on strike. We are not participating in any national
strike,” Mr. Ogunbodede told PREMIUM TIMES on phone.
“If they tell me they want to go on strike, then it is a different case,
As such, I must have seen that all of my academic staff want to go on
strike.

“In OAU, we have ‘unions’; neither of the two has told me they want to go on strike so we are not joining any strike at all.”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities split into two factions in OAU in 2016 after a group of the teachers announced the removal of Caleb Aborisade as the union’s chairman, due to a crisis over the appointment of Anthony Elujoba as acting vice-chancellor of the university.
Mr. Aborisade and a group of teachers were opposed to the process that led to the appointment of the acting vice-chancellor.

Although Mr. Aborisade refused to step down after teachers loyal to the acting vice-chancellor announced his removal, they dissolved the leadership of ASUU and announced Niyi Sunmonu as chairman of a caretaker committee in its place.


The national body of the union however stood by Mr. Aborisade and does not recognise the caretaker committee, insisting that its appointment did not follow due process.

Ironically, Mr. Elujoba has since been replaced as vice-chancellor and is currently facing trial for alleged corruption, a development that has deepened the crisis among teachers in the university.

But he enjoys the sympathy of the new vice-chancellor who has been mobilising support in the university against Mr. Elujoba’s trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Until the crisis, OAU had one of the most influential chapters of ASUU.

The caretaker committee of the union is expected to toe the line of the university management over the current nationwide strike of ASUU.
PREMIUM TIMES was not able to get the reactions of Messrs. Sunmonu and Aborisade at the time of this report, as their telephone lines indicated were switched off.

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/240219-will-not-join-ASUU-strike-oau-vice-chancellor.html

OK

Good!

Even if they will be joining, let them finish their exam!

I'm shooked


This coming from OAU?
King of..

This is Good... Am speechless.

Hallelujah !
OAU " a repentant striker "

Internal strike go fit affect them


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I wish imsu will not join.

Ok

Good, how could they join with their irregular calender that has put some undergraduates under pressure. I hope they live by their words cos things can change any Moment. This is good decision.

I won't believe this until 2weeks times. OAU bedrock of all stickers infact sharp shooter stickers.

Good one OAU. I think unilorin is also not part of d yeye strike

Strike! everytime, are they thunder?

But OAU better do the needful. Students are hypocrites. They all love strike. Enough time to yahoo, enough time for oloshos to do their parol, enough time for the gamblers to spend their day at bet9ja,enough time for the students whom's parents always send them 2k per month to double their hustle.

And all in all, enough time to contract Stds and also involve oneself in crime

thats nice

does ASUU strike affect students on their Industrial training Programme ?

Oau of all schools... Eez sokay

Wherever there's a "twelve" there must be a "Judas"...

Hope you would also join when something positive comes out of it

GreenMavro:
Internal strike go fit affect them


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Good!

Lol.. This must be a news of the century coming from OAU. Very untypical of my alma mater. It'll be a leap in the right direction, if abide..

when a group wants to embark on a strike but you want to hold back, it will make d strike look somehow . na una know sha. gave up on 9jeria school long time ago, abcd package. oau dey reject strike lmao, una favorite meal. una must strike o.

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Una own strike sef no get part two.
OAU baba for the strike

Wonders they say shall never cease

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Great Ife no strike?

The elephants have developed 3heads

one reason I Lv Pti. nothing like strike.

Lecturers are seeing reccession staring the country in the face, yet are asking for salary increase