Strike: EKSU tackles ASUU president over ‘reckless comment’
POLITICS DIGEST – The management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has criticised the president of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, over his comments on universities that have pulled out of the union’s ongoing strike.
While featuring on Arise Television on Thursday, Osodeke had said that the universities who resumed activities despite the ongoing strike action are “irrelevant and quacks.”
anagement of EKSU in a statement issued on Friday by the institution’s Head, Directorate of Information & Corporate Affairs, Bode Olofinmuagun, described Osodeke’s comments as reckless and unwarranted.
The EKSU management said the ASUU president is “probably uninformed and/or is bereft of ideas” to have made such comments.
“The attention of the Management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) has been drawn to the interview granted the Arise TV by the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, where he mentioned some state-owned universities in Nigeria as quacks and irrelevant. In the same press interview, he listed some first generation universities as the ones that matter most in the ongoing struggle by ASUU.
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“The Management of EKSU views this denigrating remark about some universities, coming from the National President of ASUU as unfortunate, reckless and unwarranted.
“Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti is currently the 14th best university in Nigeria out of about 200 universities (Federal, State & Private) and the 2nd best State University, according to the recent Webometric ranking of universities.
“Apart from the above, the university (EKSU) has nearly all its academic programmes accredited by the National Universities Commission and relevant professional regulatory bodies. The university is proud to have many top rated globally recognised academics and its alumni are making waves both Nationally and Internationally.
“By the grace of God, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, the Governor-elect of Ekiti State is an alumnus and a former lecturer in the University. Even in ASUU, a number of staff of our university had served and still serving in various capacities at zonal and national levels including but not limited to Professor Afolabi Popoola, Dr. Sikiru Eniola, Profs. Eddy Olanipekun, Ayan Adeleke and Olu Olu-Olufayo.
“Therefore, categorizing EKSU as among the quack and irrelevant universities is a testimony to the fact that the ASUU President is probably uninformed and/or is bereft of ideas.This arrant nonsense coming from Comrade Osodeke is totally unacceptable and condemnable,” the statement read.
The EKSU management called on Osodeke to toe the path of honour by retracting the provocative remark and tender an unreserved apology without further delay.
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