Olanrewaju Oyedeji



The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s dissolution of the governing council of the Obafemi Awolowo University following a leadership tussle in the institution in July.
ASUU said the dissolution of the council and the removal of Ayobami Salami as vice chancellor contravened an agreement reached between the union and the federal government.
The union’s position was based on the report of its visitation committee set up by its National Executive Council (NEC) and submitted at a meeting of the union at the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, last Friday.
The committee said the council, which was dissolved, was duly constituted and should not have been tampered with.

“The Governing Council followed the process of selection of Vice Chancellor to its conclusion,” it noted.
The committee also recommended the condemnation of the action by the national headquarters of ASUU stating that the action of President Buhari breached the university autonomy agreement reached between the federal government and ASUU.
The committee headed by the national vice president of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, had eight members, including two zonal coordinators and three immediate past zonal coordinators.
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, had approached a Federal High Court in Osogbo in the wake of the crisis, demanding that the processes that led to the emergence of Mr. Salami as vice chancellor be discarded and deemed illegal.
The ensuing protests and legal battles led to the intervention of the federal government and subsequent dissolution of the institution’s governing council on July 1, 2016 after Mr. Salami was asked to step aside pending the determination of the suit at the court.
The Public Relations Officer of the University, Olanrewaju Abiodun, disagreed with ASUU, arguing that the institution is owned by the Federal Government.
“Federal Government owns the university and has the right to determine the vice chancellor of the university,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.
“The same ASUU was in OAU when President Buhari ordered the appointment of an acting vice chancellor; only the federal government can determine who is the vice chancellor of the university”.
However, the Federal High Court Osogbo on October 10 transferred the case involving NASU and OAU to the National Industrial Court, Ibadan, after declaring that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
The decision by ASUU has pitched the other unions against it as NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, have rejected the report and its recommendations.
NASU’s chairman, Wole Odewumi, said the decision of the Federal High Court inu Osogbo was in the union’s favour, vowing to resist any effort to restore Mr. Salami as vice chancellor.

The Chairman of ASUU, OAU branch, Caleb Aborisade, said he would not add further comments on what had been stated in the report.
But his SSANU counterpart, Ademola Oketunde, rejected the report, saying ASUU had no right to determine who becomes vice chancellor of the institution.
“What right does ASUU have to say a particular Prof Salami should return as the vice chancellor? Are they the Federal Government?” he said.

“We would fight this to the last, I am daring ASUU national body, we also have national bodies. Obafemi Awolowo University cannot receive Prof. Salami again, we would rather fight it out. I am also a stakeholder in the university and the statement of ASUU holds no water.”
Another member of NASU who spoke under anonymity, said “Prof Salami can never set his foot on Obafemi Awolowo University Senate Building, we would rather shut down the University, it is impossible.”
Prof. Salami has however hailed the position of ASUU, saying he had been vindicated.

“I am still studying the decision ,I am studying it,” he said when asked by PREMIUM TIMES how he felt about the report of the visitation committee.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/213112-ASUU-rejects-buharis-dissolution-oau-governing-council.html

God help Nigeria.

Noted

Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Nigeria's educational sector and its economy is really in a deep mess.. President Buhari still acts as a military dictator he hardly follows the due process of law in his decision making.

Dis people should stop playing with our future

Buhari go school? No!
I think he did not even know what he did.

Oau and drama, na 5 and 6

ASUU

Another strike loading.

Which one is Buhari again nah? The staff protested and called For the help of the President, what again? ASUU is a group of senseless and jobless staff who under the ASUU does fulfil their political motive. No wonder Oloyede asked Unilorin to leave the association. I believe this wasn't now. It Is close to two months. So what is the wahala?
ASUU rejects Oloyede as jamb registrar
ASUU dis ASUU dat.. .ASUU must go.. .tired of ASUU nonsenses

OBA ADANIDURO UNIVERSITY

de shud be dissolved in wat eva form legally or illegally, corrupt elements, yam eaters, infactbde shud be jailed. tank God for buhari.

There was a country

sakalisis:
Oau and drama, na 5 and 6

tnk u

Why won't Cabals control him like Aisha has said? what does bubu know about education?
Clueless fellow

Ok

the poster above me said it all

Those bunch of academic ignoramus should go and rest so as to allow me be the VC. Isn't that fair to all sides.

Some folks whose hearts were shattered & had their cerebral fluid drained on the 28th of March 2015 no longer bother to find out the background of a story... All they need to see is Buhari & their psychosis increases exponentially.

Read? no, ask? Never but have the guts to refer to more cerebral folks as automatons... Monkeys dem!!

Hardeysolution:
Which one is Buhari again nah? The staff protested and called For the help of the President, what again? ASUU is a group of senseless and jobless staff who under the ASUU does fulfil their political motive. No wonder Oloyede asked Unilorin to leave the association. I believe this wasn't now. It Is close to two months. So what is the wahala?
ASUU rejects Oloyede as jamb registrar
ASUU dis ASUU dat.. .ASUU must go.. .tired of ASUU nonsenses

Thank you ojare.. your soup go done & sweet.


P.S ..Students, SSANU & NASU are cool with the new VC.

Make de no shaa strike... thats my own

HMMMM..... Salami is gone already... those people can go any length not to allow him in. This is a fight for liberation.

Workers of the university under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff of Universities (NASU) of OAU had begun their protests and strike since June 6, after taking the university authorities to court over the appointment of Salami as the new vice chancellor.

However, NUC Executive Secretary, in a terse statement on Monday, said: “President directs Senate of OAU to appoint acting vice chancellor.

“President directs reopening of all offices in OAU for normal administrative and academic activities.”

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju told Nigerian Tribune on Monday that “what really happened is that the Federal Government announced the dissolution of the governing council and also instructed that the processes that may lead to the appointment of a substantive vice chancellor be put on hold, pending the determination of the court case; and the follow-up to that is what the Federal Government did today by telling us that the Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, should immediately recommend a qualified person for appointment as an acting vice chancellor for the university. That is where we are now.. .





ASUU is sick

The courts are open.

The letter further says the Senate of the university should take immediate steps to implement the directive of the President and report back to the Federal Ministry of Education.

Workers and students of the institution recently trooped out in jubilation following the dissolution of the school’s governing council and the suspension of the selection of the vice chancellor by the federal government.

According to the staff and students, the federal government’s decision was a step towards the redemption and integrity of the institution, which for weeks had been hit by crisis after the exit of the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Prof Bamitale Omole






ASUU is as jobless and clueless as nlc. I think what governor of ebonyi did to their chapter. Should be done if they go on strike.. Despite payment of salaries? .

Hardeysolution:
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ASUU rejects Oloyede as jamb registrar
ASUU dis ASUU dat.. .ASUU must go.. .tired of ASUU nonsenses

We should be happy that this is the only pressure group that is effective at the moment in Nigeria, albeit not all their decisions are okay.

ASUU is always confused,they cannot maintain peace on campus,i feel federal government helps to bring order to the reckless activities of the VCs,they should equally visit other universities where council members are sitting everyday contrary to FGs directives.

OK

President who can not read and write. STAGNANT ILLITERATE and NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. Embarrassing the country globally. APC it shall never be well with you people for putting Nigeria into this condition.

ERONX:
Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Nigeria's educational sector and its economy is really in a deep mess.. President Buhari still acts as a military dictator he hardly follows the due process of law in his decision making.

Hmmm

Possican:
President who can not read and write. STAGNANT ILLITERATE and NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. Embarrassing the country globally. APC it shall never be well with you people for putting Nigeria into this condition.

Hmmm



D don't understand. D two of you because it seems u av been totally deluded because of your hate against Buhari because I don't know what he should av done in the. Case of OAU and all I see in ur comment is insult without giving out possible solution. I will beg u to pls change for the better because change begins with u too. Think straight, blameand. Condemn where. Necessary, proffer solution where u think its needed because u don't know who is reading ur post but with this reply and comment u just bring on all I will say is u need God to help. U change

ERONX:
Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Buhari!!! Nigeria's educational sector and its economy is really in a deep mess.. President Buhari still acts as a military dictator he hardly follows the due process of law in his decision making.

they won't read yet jump to conclusions. Am sure ur hate made u skip the part in where memberz of the non-academic and Senior academic staff rejected Azuu decision

News reaching me now is that Cossy Orijackor is the new VC of OAU
Free pυssy to fυck for all OAU students

This is what happens when academics become politicians. The corruption has entered the.universities.

From OAU to FUTA to FUNAAB to UNILAG etc.

What is happening to our universities?