From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has decried the administrative impunity, reckless disregard for norms in university governance, primitive witch-hunting of its members by the Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa.
The union at a press briefing held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, FUAM, yesterday by the Nsukka zone which comprises, Benue State University, BSU, University of Nigeria, UNN, Kogi State University, KSU and Enugu State University of Technology, frowned at the manner their members were been witch-hunted by LASU authority because of their struggles that led to the reduction of exorbitant tuition fee charged by the university.
The acting zonal coordinator of the union, Prof. Victor Osodeke who regretted that one of their members Prof. Tunde Fatunde was overtly interdicted for writing an open letter to Lagos State Governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola, also noted that the branch chairman of LASU had his PhD certificate wrongly withdrawn.
“The impunity and incompetence on the part of the Vice chancellor was obviously due to his undeserved and nepotic promotion from the rank of lecture 1 to professor despite his non possession of a PhD degree”, he said.
Prof. Osodeke accused the LASU VC of displaying bankrupt of ideas for proper governance of university, while also condemning the foot-dragging attitude of the Governing Council and the State Government in calling the VC to order.
He therefore pledged ASUU support to LASU especially in their call for a visitation to unravel and correct the causes of sporadic crisis in the institution.
