The
Academic Staff Union of Universities has queried four professors of
Enugu State University of Science and Technology for sabotaging its
ongoing nationwide strike.
Prof. Agu Gab Agu, Chairman of ESUT-ASUU, revealed this on Monday, after a congress of the local union in Enugu.
He said with almost half the population
of its members present, they made it clear that they still stand on the
resolutions of the ASUU National Executive on the strike.
Prof. Agu said that they abide by
whatever decision of the National Executive Council and await further
directives on the strike.
Answering questions on the purported
resumption of academic activities in ESUT on Monday, the academic don
said they were informed that some lecturers met with the management and
sold the idea that they were representing ASUU and that the strike had
been called off.
He said, “We are in meeting with the
management and we have refuted that because we do not know them. We did
not give them the mandate and everybody seems to be concerned about such
a development and we have taken the necessary steps by issuing them
with a query.
“Four professors are involved and we have issued them with queries and when they reply, we would know the next action to take.
“We are forwarding the query to ASUU
national so that next time people should not arrogate to themselves what
is not their duty. Nobody sent them. They don’t have the mandate of
ASUU.”
Agu said the action of the professors
was even very painful, knowing the stature of their member who died and
whose death had pained every ASUU member.
“He (Professor Festus Iyayi) was a very
devoted activist. You need to come close to him to appreciate him. I was
with him when we had residency at Oxford roundtable last year and he
was somebody that was full of humanity and again a very devoted family
man.
“He came with his wife to Oxford. We
were three Nigerians – Prof. Festus Iyayi, Prof. Akin Oyebade of the
University of Lagos and my humble self and we were even hosted by the
Nigerian community headed by one Prof. Shoduke of the Leys Pharmacy,”
said Agu.
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