GOV YAHAYA BELLO OF KOGI BANS ASUU AS ADAMAWA REPLACES VC WITH COMMISSIONER

LOKOJA, Nigeria – Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has proscribed the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

The governor proscribed the union following its refusal to call off ongoing strike embarked upon by the university teachers.

“The Kogi state government notes with dismay that government with all appeasement has been unable to bring ASUU to a middle ground. That government by her own conservative estimate and in the interest of stakeholders, very importantly the students, has met at least 90 percent of their demands.

“That ASUU-KSU has refused to recognise industrial relations as work in progress and had insisted on continuing its strike action indefinitely. The strike has had negative impact on the students.

“The Kogi government is forced to believe that ASUU-KSU and her members for no justifiable cause have deliberately persisted in the breach of their responsibilities as employees of the Kogi State Government working in an institution providing essential services, which is education.

“Accordingly, the Kogi state government hereby makes proclamation and declares all activities of ASUU in KSU proscribed effective from today July 19, 2017,” he said.

Meanwhile, Adamawa State government has dissolved the management and governing council of Adamawa State University, Mubi and sacked its vice chancellor.
The state education commissioner Kalepwa Farauta has been appointed to replace the vice chancellor to stabilize the university, the government said in a statement.

The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the state executive council, information and strategy commissioner Ahmad Sajoh said.