Academic
activities were yesterday paralysed at the University of Ibadan (UI) as
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branch of the
university joined its counterpart in a one-day solidarity strike.
It
was learnt that the solidarity strike was to protest the “illegal
re-appointment” of Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Rivers State University
of Science and Technology (RSUST), Prof. Barineme Fakae.
The
ASUU chairman at UI, Dr. Segun Ajiboye said the union also embarked on
the strike because of the harassment of its members in RSUST by Rivers
State Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Addressing
reporters in Ibadan, Ajiboye said academic activities were suspended to
show the union’s commitment to its members at RSUST.
He condemned the arbitrary style of administration at RSUST, adding that a frightening twist was playing out at the institution.
Ajiboye
said: “The 32-year-old university is currently bedevilled by crises. If
nothing is urgently done, it may sing its nunc dimittis.
“This, we believe, will not be in the overall interest of the good people of Rivers State and Nigeria in general.
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