AAUA Resumption, Lecturers Dare's Management

Following the statement issued on Wednesday by the management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko [AAUA], in Ondo State, ordering students and lecturers to resume on November 25, the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] of the institution, today dissociated itself from the purported resumption.

It would be recalled that the Authorities of the institution, through its Registrar, R.B Olotu said the AAUA has pulled out of the ongoing ASUU strike, adding that students are expected to resume for the second term next Monday.

But in a statement issued by the state chairman of AAUA’s ASUU, Dr. Busuyi Mekusi, he insisted that his members were still part of the ongoing national strike.

He urged ASUU members to disregard the circular calling for resumption, stressing that the University Chapter of ASUU was in support of the action of its national body.

The statement reads, “We, the executives of ASUU, AAUA chapter, wish to dissociate ourselves from the purported resumption of academic activities in the university, as its members are still part of the ongoing national strike by the Union.

“Members should therefore, disregard any pullout to abandon the struggle, and be steadfast until the present position is reviewed by NEC. The Union also wants to make it abundantly clear that it would resist every tyrannical propensity to intimidate and harass its members”.

Asuu Strike Update: Asuu At War With Esut Management Over Monday Planned Resumption

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has dissociated itself from the planned resumption of academic activities at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, tomorrow (Monday).

In a statement signed by the Chairman of ASUU, ESUT chapter, Prof. Agu Gab Agu and others, the union said its attention had been drawn to the announcement by ESUT management that students were resuming academic activities on Monday November 18, 2013.

“The academic staff of ESUT dissociates itself from the above announcement”, the union stated.

It added that “while ASUU-ESUT mourns the demise of Professor Festus Iyayi, a former President of ASUU, it awaits the direction of the NEC on the ongoing strike”.

Prof. Agu described the demise of Iyayi as a big loss to ASUU, saying his death was a big loss to the union, the academia and the country in general.

The ASUU-ESUT boss prayed that God should grant the family of the late ASUU President the fortitude to bear the loss.

Meanwhile, a condolence register has been opened for the late Professor Iyayi at the ASUU Secretariat in ESUT Agbani Campus.