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  • Kogi varsity students protest death of colleague

    Kogi State University students on Monday protested the death of a fellow student, Comrade Offor Israel, a fresh graduate from the faculty of Agriculture.

    The student was reportedly killed in a motor accident that occurred on the Ankpa-Lokoja road, Anyigba.

    Offor Israel

    He was said to have been hit by an upcoming vehicle when he was trying to cross the road leading to the school.

    On hearing his death, students of the institution were reported to have  staged a protest at the school gate.

    Ameh Nissi, a student of Mass Communication who witnessed the accident, told The Nation that the student was hit by an upcoming vehicle when he tried crossing.

    In his reaction, Onuh Destiny, a fellow lodge mate of the deceased says, ” I am still filled with disbelief… someone we had breakfast together this morning. Lumio lodge is down!”

    According to Jeff Friday, the CEO of KSU Newsline told the students on his facebook page to stay calm over the issue.

    “All students are advised to stay calm and not to put law into their hands. Return to your hostels and lodge.

    “As any further misconduct can lead to total shut down of this current academic section which in turn can risk your own admission as well,” he warned.

    Attah Amos, one of the SUG aspirants described the death as a painful exit and ceases the opportunity to call  the students’ attention to a Student Union Government that will bring about a positive change.

    “The above incidence I must say, is another pain we feel for not having a well defined Student Union Government. If only we had a functional SUG, our deceased comrade would have received a well deserved parade.

    “I would like to solicit to all concerned persons to arise and listen to our plea and give the students a chance to have a body that can stand tall to defend and speak for them in the face of crises.

    “May the Almighty accept your gentle soul Uncle Israel and grant your family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,” he said.

  • ASUU demands Panel of Inquiry into LASU crisis

    ASUU demands Panel of Inquiry into LASU crisis

    The Lagos Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Wednesday demanded the setting up of an independent panel of inquiry to investigate the crisis at the Lagos State University, Ojo and the attendant sacking of seven lecturers among others.

    The Lagos Zone of ASUU comprising of Federal and State universities in Lagos and Ogun, also called on the Kogi State Government to reverse its decision regarding the sacking of over 150 academic staff of the Kogi State University, Ayungba and re – instate the affected lecturers.

    Addressing journalists at the ASUU office in Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB) Abeokuta, the Lagos Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Olusiji Sowande, described the treatment mete out to their colleagues in Lagos and Kogi State Universities as acts of “impunity and crude political onslaught” on the union.

    Olusiji added that they were calculated to “intimidate, harass and decimate” lecturers in both institutions.

    According to him, the zone was mandated by the national body of the union to look into the crises at LASU and KSU and give recommendations.

    The Zonal Coordinator briefed journalists in company of other ASUU executives –  Deji Agboola of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Dr John Fayemi of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, and Dr. Dele Ashiru of University of Lagos.

    Others are; Dr Akinloye Oyewumi of Lagos State University and Dr Adebayo Oni of FUNAAB.

    He alleged that members of the union in LASU were being hounded by the Vice-chancellor, Prof. Lanre Fagbohun, for demanding constitution of a functional budget monitoring committee.

    He also said members had asked for evidence of proper utilisation of the N1.3bn NEEDs Assessment Revitalisation fund released to the institution in 2013.

    Sowande explained that their colleagues incurred the wrath of the management of LASU for demanding the implementation of Earned Academic Allowances components of the ASUU-FGN 2009 Agreement.

    He said the union had written a letter to the visitor to the institution, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, over the issue.

    The Union also expressed its displeasure over the recent increment of acceptance fee from N10,000 to N20,000 by the Institution .

    He said:  “ASUU, Lagos zone joins the Education Right Campaign in calling for an independent panel of inquiry on the unfolding crisis in LASU with a view to resolving it before the crisis becomes a monster that will be difficult to curtail.

    “We call on governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to call some of his functionaries to order as there are evidences that they are working  in tandem with Vice  Chancellor of LASU  and some members of the governing council to fuel the crisis in LASU

    “Our union should not be held responsible for any eventual crisis in LASU.

    “The real motive of the LASU’s management for hounding our members is to silence them and we are going to resist it.

    “We want an independent panel of inquiry to be set up by the visitor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. If this is not done, the problem will keep reoccurring.

    “A case in point is that of the treasurer of LASU branch, Dr. Oluwakemi Aboderin-Sonibare was queried for demanding that her promotion should be correctly dated”.

    On Kogi Varsity crisis, Sowande condemned the sacking of 150 members of academic staff of the University, describing it as impunity and high-handedness by the state governor, Yahaya Bello.

    He urged the state government to reverse the decision on the sacking of the 150 academic staff of the Kogi State University.

  • ASUU condemns sack in LASU, KSU

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano zone has condemned the sack of its members at the Kogi State University (KSU) and Lagos State University (LASU), describing it as unconstitutional.

    In a statement on Monday, Zonal Coordinator, Prof Mohammad Lawan, called for their immediate re-instatement for being unjustly sacked.

    The union accused LASU Vice Chancellor, Prof Olarenwaju Fagbohun, of acting with impunity by purportedly sacking the ASUU-LASU Chairman, Dr Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi and the Vice Chairman, Dr Adebowale Adeyemi Suenu over the allegation  of demanding money via an unnamed agent to process students’ result in 2011.

    The union also condemned the purported proscription of ASUU-Kogi State University (KSU) chapter by Governor Yahaya Bello as well as the forceful ejection and ban of sacked ASUU members from the campus.

    The union lamented that despite peace overtures by ASUU, the Visitors and management of the two universities continued to act with impunity, which is against the constitutional provisions of the country, and all extant  national and international labour laws.

    The ASUU Kano Zone is made up of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria; Bayero University Kano (BUK); Kaduna State University (KASU); Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil; Federal University, Dutse and Maitama Sule University, Kano.

  • Kogi varsity matriculates 5,164

    Kogi varsity matriculates 5,164

    It was a colourful carnival-like ceremony at the 18th matriculation of the Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba. By 8am, the university auditorium had been filled to capacity, while the freshers and their parents sat quietly, waiting for the arrival of the procession of top management officials.

    At 10am, the management procession moved into the auditorium, marking the beginning of the ceremony.

    The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Muhammed Sani Abdulkadir, who was performing his second matriculation rite since his appointment, said the ceremony marked the beginning of the freshers’ journey to their future, urging them to aspire for excellence.

    He said the event should have been held earlier, but it was delayed because of the elongated internal strike by workers’ unions.

    The VC assured parents and guardians of his commitment to maintaining stable and unbroken academic calendar, irrespective of the challenges that the institution may face.

    He said his administration would help students attain their dreams and aspirations, adding: “Across the world, institutions that are striving for positive reform and transformation will naturally encounter initial pains for enduring gain.”

    Prof Abdulkadir gave a breakdown of the freshers, noting that the school admitted 5,164 students. He said the Faculty of Social Sciences admitted 1,227, recording the highest number of freshers, while the Faculty of Law had the lowest number, admitting 65 students.

    The Faculty of Agriculture admitted 560 student, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, 779, Faculty of Education, 781, Faculty of Management Sciences, 1,040, and Faculty of Natural Sciences, 712.

    The VC told the students that there were rights, privileges and limitations they have as members of the university community, adding that there had obligations expected of them.

    He warned the students against cultism, armed robbery, prostitution, examination malpractices and acts capable of bringing disrepute to the university, noting that the school has zero tolerance for vices.

    He urged the freshers to study hard to achieve excellence, adding that they would be given certificates in character and learning during their graduation.

    After taking the matriculation oath, the freshers moved to their respective department for parties. Photographers, Disk Jockeys (DJs), Masters of Ceremonies (MCs), Cake Bakers and other services providers made brisk businesses.

    A cacophony of sounds blared from different speakers. The campus was practically in revelry as the fresh students and their parents feted their guests.

    A fresher, Maimuna Wada, pledged to make her parents proud. She promised to be dedicated to her studies and not to allow distractions in the course of her stay on the campus.

    Another fresher, Samuel Omoniyi, gave gratitude to God for his admission, saying he was in the school for the purpose of achieving excellence and to contribute positively to the growth of society.

     

     

     

  • Sacked lecturers sue Kogi govt to court

    One hundred and twenty lecturers at the Kogi State University Anyigba (KSU) who had their appointments terminated on the heels of the proscription of the local branch of the Academic Staff of Union of Universities (ASUU), have dragged the state government before the National Industrial Court, Abuja Division.

    Joined in the action challenging their sack was the Attorney-General of Kogi State.

    In suit No: NIC/ABJ/304/2017, and instituted at the National Industrial Court, Abuja Division, a copy of which was sighted by The Nation, the ASUU-KSU, led by the Acting Chairperson, Dr Daniel Oluwagbemiga Aina, is seeking redress over some contentious issues, including the proscription of the union and the termination of their appointments.

    The names of 113 lecturers were listed in the suit.

    Aina, at a press conference in Lokoja, said it was beyond Governor Yahaya Bello to prescribe the union.

    Reading from a text titled: “Towards Ending Impunity in Kogi State University”, he accused the Governor of rebuffing efforts to resolve the impasse between the government and the striking lecturers, and warned against what he described as the imminent collapse of the state-owned institution.

    “For the past three months, we were being pushed, pressed, oppressed and persecuted. We have prevailed to absorb all in our stride, hoping that the voice of reason, sanity and legalism will prevail across the strata of our tormentors. Many have wondered and even castigated us for not hitting the court long ago. We offer you some of the principles of the Academic Staff Union of Universities: we act, not react; we always explore every amicable means of resolution, not destroy.

    “The government of Kogi State, the Governing Council and management of Kogi State University Anyigba have taken steps which violate our fundamental human right and flouted the rules and regulations governing our contractual intercourse with the university.

    “We thought it is common knowledge that proscription of a trade union is beyond the jurisprudence of an executive governor. We have given time for this error to be corrected. The Nigerian Labour Congress made an attempt to wade into the matter, highlighting its illegality, but it was rebuffed. Twice we were at the office of the Honourable Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige in his bid for reconciliation but, the government of Kogi State never showed up.

    “ASUU has made a request to have audience with his Excellency, the Governor of Kogi State in a bid to finding a common ground for reconciliation, which was equally dishonoured out rightly.

    It must be noted that while ASUU was in a protracted strike of seven months, no move was ever made by the government of Kogi State or the Governing Council to reach a common ground.

    “Finally, ASUU has gone to court to seek for redress for the proscription of ASUU-KSU and the termination of the appointment of one hundred and twenty (120) academic staff members.

    “It is pathetic and unfortunate that taking a cursory look at the list of the purportedly sacked lecturers, identifying the courses they teach, the reallocation of such courses and identifying those who are assigned to teach those courses, it is crystal clear that the ‘one ready to kill has met the one ready to die’, while not knowing that there is no one to bury.

    “Unethical practices are done with imminent colossal damage in an effort to create the impression that all is well within the system”, he stated.

  • Department’s day of culture

    Department’s day of culture

    It was a carnival of culture at the Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba when Mass Communication students held the African Communication Festival as part of the requirement to complete a course titled: African Communication System. MOHAMMED YABAGI reports.

    The Department of Mass Communication of the Kogi State University (KSU) was agog as 100-Level students rolled out drums to mark the African Communication Festival, which was part of a course titled: African Communication Systems.

    The course is offered in all tertiary institutions where Mass Communication is taught, but KSU incorporated cultural communication into the course to improve students’ understanding. The students were practically exposed to traditional communication systems, such as the use of the town criers, peer group setting, traditional marriage and cultural festivals.

    The Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Dr. Gabriel Ottah, who teaches the course, said the need to expose the students to traditional communication became necessary to enable them appreciate their cultures. This, he said, is why the department created the yearly African Communication Festival.

    During the festival, students dramatise the ancient practices in traditional society to promote the relevance of African communication media even in modern era.

    The festival was celebrated at Prof Francis Idachaba Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

    In attendance were the Ogohi Onu Anyigba, Alhaji Shaibu Okolo, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Adesola Ogidiolu, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) for Academics, Prof Stephen Metiboba, and Heads of departments.

    In his opening speech, Dr. Ottah said the event had outshined the previous festivals, because apart from being the first to attract the presence of the Ogohi, it was also laced with inter-cultural exhibition by the performing students. Besides, he said the festival coincided with matriculation of freshers, which kept them in celebration mood.

    The HOD noted that DUFIL Prima Food Plc – producer of Indomie Noodles – sponsored the event for the first time, a development he described as evidence of “remarkable achievement” for the department. He urged other corporate organisations to partner with the department in future programmes.

    Dr Ottah described African culture as “unique and deserving of preservation”. He said that Africans were known for hard work, resilience, creativity, high moral values, humility and decency.

    He said: “Armed robbery, terrorist attacks, rape, indecent dressing, falsehood, kidnapping and similar vices are alien to our culture and should be discouraged. That is why in celebrating the African Communication Systems, we tell the world that the people of Africa that lived in the distant past had their own unique way of information dissemination among themselves.”

    He called on Africans to show pride in their culture instead of copying the western culture. He maintained that Africa’s open market, age groups, talking drums, iron gong, wooden gong and smoke alarms, among others were cultural items which were gradually going into extinction because of technologies. He called on schools to prioritise teaching of African culture and communication.

    While breaking the kolanut in performance of the rite to declare the event open, Alhaji Okolo thanked the organisers for re-enacting the perspectives of African culture in modern day. The Ogohi hailed the students and their lecturer for organising the festival, adding that it would go a long way in instilling discipline on upcoming generations. He called on the department and the university to sustain the event.

    In their separate remarks, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Ogidiolu, and the former DVC, Prof Metiboba, praised the students and urged them to maintain high standards in communicating African values to the world.

    High points of the event were performances by three cultural groups. One of the groups dramatised African traditional marriage as was done in a traditional Igbo society; the other group displayed the African open market setting to depict how market women sold wares and how criminals were punished by open disgrace and banishment.

    The third group featured African folktales in which an old man told story of the legendary Sango, a Yoruba deity. The students also performed Igala cultural dance and served African delicacies.

     

     

     

     

  • Kogi varsity ejects sacked lecturers from homes, offices

    Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba, has inuagurated an eight-member task force to evict disengaged lecturers from their offices and staff quarters.

    No fewer than 100 lecturers were sacked by the school, following the directive of Governor Yahaya Bello to dismiss any staff who did not resume after a strike by the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU).

    The government, after proscribing the lecturers’ union, insisted that the striking lecturers must return to work or consider themselves out of the school’s employment.

    According to a memo by the Registrar, Y.I Abubakar, the task force will be chaired by Dr. Sanni Mamah.

    Other members are Dr. Ogbo Usman (vice chairman), Major M.J. Adama (rtd), Dr. Akoji Ocheja, Dr. Ameh Omede, Dr. O.C Aliyu, Dr. Alla Matthew and Mr. Victor Atoku (secretary).

    They are expected to complete the task within a week.

     

  • Colleagues attack CAMPUSLIFE reporter over report

    The CAMPUSLIFE reporter at the Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba, Mohammed Yabagi, has come under verbal attacks by his colleagues, following his exclusive report detailing how graduating students resorted to contributing money to pay off sacked lecturers to facilitate the release of their results.

    The graduating students vented their spleen on Mohammed for what they described as his “disappointing report”.

    CAMPUSLIFE, penultimate week, exclusively exposed the students’ covert arrangement whereby they raised funds to pay their lecturers being owed by the institution. The effort was to placate those still in possession of graduating students’ results.

    Miffed by the report, the angry students invaded Mohammed’s social media pages to rain abuses and curses on him. Some called him on telephone, accusing him of being “an agent of darkness”.

    Another group of attackers described him as “someone who courts controversy”, noting that the reporter should not have written the report to “aggravate the precarious situation” being faced by graduating students.

    One of them, Sunday Abah, who  commented on Mohammed’s Facebook page, simply told the reporter: “Your article in The Nation has done more harm than good. You are a disappointment.”

    Grace Jonathan, another graduating student, noted that the report had done irreversible damage to the covert arrangement, warning that the consequences would be borne by the entire students.

    Ibrahim Salafi, in a long epistle, expressed disappointment on the reporter’s action, describing the report as “a misplacement of professionalism and unintelligent article”.

    Others employed unprintable terms to describe the reporter, saying that he was conscious about the allowance he was being paid for the writing, rather than thinking of the future of the affected students.

    One of them asked the reporter, “Were you paid to do this story?”

    Mohammed replied those who felt he was being paid to write the report, telling them that he was spurred by the need to draw public attention to the plight of KSU graduating students.

  • At Kogi varsity, students contribute money to pay teachers

    At Kogi varsity, students contribute money to pay teachers

    The dismissed Kogi State University (KSU) teachers have withheld graduating students’ results and vowed not to release them, except the school withdraws their “sack letters” and pays their arrears. To pacify the aggrieved teachers, some of the students are secretly contributing N3,000 each to facilitate the release of their results. MOHAMMED YABAGI reports.

    The fate of the graduating students of the Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba is hanging in the balance – no thanks to a battle between the management and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The school has just resumed another session, but the graduating students’ results from all faculties have not been computed.

    This development is in response to the proscription of ASUU by the government, and last month’s mass dismissal of members of the academic staff by the school authorities.

    At the time of filing this report, graduating students are not sure of their fate, weeks after the school rounded off the 2016/2017 calendar. The sacked lecturers have vowed not to release their results until their demands were met by the school. The lecturers want their salary arrears paid and they also want the school to reverse their dismissal.

    The lecturers were sacked over their refusal to resume work after a six-month internal strike. No fewer than 150 members of the academic staff were affected in the mass dismissal, which followed the government’s proscription of ASUU in the school.

    Some of the graduating students, who spoke to CAMPUSLIFE, are worried about their fate, because they have not had access to the results of their final examinations. The students complained that some of them may end up having two extra sessions in the school if they failed compulsory courses in the withheld results.

    CAMPSULIFE gathered that some of them who had carryover courses in the first semester of the 2016/2017 session could not register in the current session because they did not know if they passed all the compulsory courses in the second semester.

    Gideon Amedu, a graduating student of the Department of Philosophy, said his department had not released 300-Level and final year results, expressing fear that many of his colleagues may likely come back after the session to register for 300-Level courses. He said there was no hope any student from his department would be mobilised for the National Youth Service this year, because the department had not released any result in the last two years.

    He said: “It is sad that my department has not released any results since 2015. Like me, many students in my set are experiencing the same fate. We have not seen our results for both 300- and 400-Levels. Some of us in my department and others from other departments are eager to know our fate as to whether we can still go for National Youth Service this year or not.

    “If the results had been released, most of us would know whether there is a need to remedy any compulsory course. But for now, we don’t know if we are in good standing or not. As I speak to you, none of the graduating students really knows what to do. This is why we are pleading with our lecturers to consider our plight and release the results to the school.”

    Another graduating student, Moses Eleojo, decried the situation, noting that KSU “is one institution that seems to thrive on crisis and unconventional method of doing things”.

    He wondered why students could not access their results a year after they sat for examination, saying the credibility of the results could be affected by the prolonged withholding. He blamed the situation on what he called “the lackadaisical attitude” of the management.

    He said: “In other institutions, lecturers are expected to submit students’ results no later than three weeks after the conclusion of examination. But in KSU, lecturers can sit on results for as long as they want and this situation is putting students under unnecessary pressure, and giving lecturers opportunities to manipulate results.”

    Findings by CAMPUSLIFE revealed that some lecturers, who resigned from the institution in the wake of the recent ASUU-government faceoff, also went away with students’ results and marking sheets to be used to grade final year students’ research projects.

    Some graduating students, who are not ready to take chances, have chosen to take their destinies in their hands, CAMPUSLIFE reliably gathered. It was learnt that some frustrated students had started to contribute money to pay the sacked lecturers’ salaries to facilitate the release of the withheld results.

    A source told CAMPUSLIFE that graduating students from a department in the Faculty of Social Sciences have started to contribute N3,000 each to pay off the salaries being owed a lecturer, who now teaches in another university.

    Reacting, one of the disengaged lecturers at the Department of Mass Communication, who did not want his name in print, vowed not to release students’ results in his possession if his arrears were not paid by the school. Before the matter blew open, he said the management made several entreaties to the affected lecturers, noting that many of them rejected the school’s plea because of the way they were treated by the school and the government.

    The Mass Communication lecturer said the decision to hold on to the results was taken because the affected academic staff did not get assurance on whether salaries owed would be paid.

    He said: “The only thing that can make me release results in my possession is for the school to pay my arrears and withdraw the illegal sack letter issued. This is the only condition to settle the matter. There were promises made by the management in the past, they ended in disappointments. I will release the students’ results only if I am paid and recalled.”

    Another affected lecturer, Mr. Ben Ibe Onoja, said the graduating students’ results were not unjustly being withheld. “The fact is that, we are still on strike,” Onoja said.

    He said it would be unprofessional for any lecturer to refuse to submit students’ results at the end of the session. He added that the school management should know how to recover any result being unjustly withheld by any lecturer.

    He said: “Do you expect people who are on strike to carry out any official engagement? Marking of scripts and submission of results to management is an official function, which anyone on industrial action should not engage in.”

    A source in the Public Relations Department, who pleaded not to be named, said the management was working round the clock to ensure the matter was resolved on time, so that the students could be mobilised for National Youth Service.

  • Tension as Kogi varsity sacks 150 teachers

    Tension as Kogi varsity sacks 150 teachers

    The Kogi State University (KSU) has sacked 150 striking lecturers for their refusal to return to work. The action drew the ire of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which described it as callous. MOHAMMED YABAGI reports.

    THE  battle line has been drawn between the Kogi State government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), following the sack of 150 lecturers in one fell swoop.

    Their dismissal followed the proscription of the KSU chapter of ASUU by the Governor Yahaya Bello after the institution resumed from a seven-month strike. The lecturers were fired for refusing to return to work. The lecturers are sympathetic to the ASUU leadership, which insisted that the government must pay all arrears owed workers before the school  is re-opened.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the lecturers, who received their letters of dismissal on August 14, refused to sign the attendance registers opened in all faculties. It was gathered that 48 lecturers were affected at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, where the ASUU Chairman, Dr Daniel Aina, teaches.

    A source, who asked not to be named, said affected lecturers would not get last month’s salary. The source said: “Their names have been removed from the July salary schedule that will soon be sent to Lokoja for payment.”

    Two weeks after the re-opening of the university, the national leadership of ASUU declared an indefinite action. But KSU lecturers said they would not join the strike, because of the proscription of their chapter.

    The local ASUU said the proscription was illegal, describing it as an infringement on members’ right to associate. The union also dismissed as a joke, the management’s decision to sack its members. The union, Dr Aina said, would fight the replacement of Heads of Departments.

    But, students are backing the school in its face-off with their teachers. They criticised the local ASUU chapter for “attempting to bring the school to another round of strike” while it is yet to recover from the effects of the previous action.

    The students hailed the government for proscribing ASUU on the campus.

    A final year Economics student, Nathaniel Ekele, said: “It may not have gone down well with many people, but I support the government’s decision. It is the best decision to save the school from collapse. With what is happening within the national leadership of ASUU, it shows the government took a wise decision. After about seven months of internal strike, we cannot afford to join the ongoing strike.”

    Solomon Ajayi, a 200-Level Chemistry student, said the mass sack of lecturers might backfire on the institution and cause another crisis. While he did not support the KSU for joining the strike, he urged the local ASUU  to consider the plight of students.

    “Since I gained admission into the institution, we have not had a stable academic calendar. We have been bearing the brunt of the disagreement between the institution and its workers. KSU needs to do away with any strike. This is why I support the ban on ASUU. But, I am afraid about the mass sack of lecturers by the management. This may create another problem for the institution. We expect all parties to meet and solve the matter amicably because students will resist any attempt to close the school again,” he said.

    Describing ASUU’s demands as “selfish”,  the students warned the lecturers not to mortgage their future.

    An employee, Andrew Ojonugwa, said the proscription of ASUU was unpopular on campus. But, the action, he said, was in the interest of the students and academic stability.

    He said most KSU workers did not support the ASUU leadership.

    Ojonugwa said: “Those of us who saw reasons with the government and supported its decision on the proscription of ASUU have been labelled with all sorts of unprintable names. How would the students feel today if the current industrial action by the national ASUU again disrupts academic activities in KSU?”

    A top management officer told CAMPUSLIFE that members of the local ASUU forced the school to implement the  proscription order. He described ASUU as “highly confrontational and insensitive”.

    The source said the Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Muhammed Sani Abdulkadir, reached out to ASUU for amicable resolution of the matter. He claimed that the ASUU leadership  rebuffed the peace move.

    He said: “The VC, at a point, found it pointless to continue making efforts to engage the local ASUU leadership. Despite all entreaties to them, they could not see why they should suspend their strike. It was natural to have believed, therefore, that there was more to it than met the eyes. The ASUU was highly insensitive and confrontational in its approach. We had to proscribe the union and dismiss some of them that did not resume for work.”

    But, ASUU said it would not be intimidated by the action. The union said the condition for peace is for the school to reverse the “callous decisions” taken against its members.