ASUU needs reform, says FUOYE VC

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By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti

 FUOYE

VICE Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, (FUOYE), Prof Kayode Soremekun, has said the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, needs a complete overhaul in order to be more effective.

Prof Soremekun made this known when a delegation of the union from the national headquarters led by its National Vice President, Comrade V.E. Osodeke, visited to appeal to the university management over the suspension of the former FUOYE Branch, Chairman, Comrade Gabriel Omonijo.

“Nigeria needs ASUU, ASUU needs Nigeria but ASUU must reform itself.  In time past, ASUU chieftains have strong moral pedigrees and are always truly representatives of their Congresses. You dare not touch them. However the reverse is the case now. Anyone who is a chieftain can now be sacked,” he said.

Continuing, Soremekun, who at a time was an ASUU activist, said the strength of ASUU lies in its Congresses while also regretting the disconnection between the leaders and…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper