AAUA ASUU Dissociates Self From Resumption Order By Varsity Authorities

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko chapter, Ondo State and the university authorities are on a collision course over a directive that the students should resume for lectures, as the strike by the union continues after four months. In a statement in Akure, Ondo State capital, Registrar of the state-owned university, R. B. Olotu had directed the students to resume on Monday, November 25 for the second semester 2012/2013 session. In his statement entitled: ‘Resumption for the 2nd semester 2012/2013 session’, Olotu said, “All the students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, are hereby informed that academic activities of the second semester of 2012/2013 session truncated as a result of the ASUU national strike are to resume on Monday, 25th November, 2013 with the continuation of registration on the University portal (http://portal.aaua.edu.ng). “Lectures are to start on Monday, 2nd December, 2013.” The ASUU Chapter of the university, however, dissociated itself from the purported resumption of academic activities in the university. The Chapter’s chairperson, Busuyi Mekusi in a statement asked members to disregard the directive. “ASUU Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko Branch, wishes to dissociate itself from the purported resumption of academic activities in the university, as its members are still part of the ongoing national strike by the union. “Members should, therefore, disregard any pull to abandon the struggle, and be steadfast until the present position is reviewed by NEC. “The union also wants to make it abundantly clear that it would resist every tyrannical propensity to intimidate and harass its members,” Mekusi said.