Mind your business, UNILORIN replies UI ASUU chairman

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has advised d Deji Omole, chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the University of Ibadan to mind his business.

Omole and Ade Adejumo, coordinator of Ibadan zone of ASUU, had labelled the university a terrorist organisation in response to the termination of the appointments of two of ASUU members.

But in a statement on Monday, Kunle Akogun, head, corporate affairs of the Ilorin university, said the disciplinary action taken by the university against two of its staff followed due process.

Akogun said Omole is “hell-bent” on dragging the good name of the university in the mud.

“We want to make it abundantly clear that the disciplinary action recently taken by the university against two of its staff, which is the basis for his outburst, followed due process and it was in line with the laid down rules and regulations as contained in the university’s conditions of service,” the statement by Akogun read.

“We wonder when an internal affair of the University of Ilorin has now become the business of the University of Ibadan ASUU chairman. We recall that this is the same fellow that recently alleged that the University of Ilorin had increased its tuition fees and shamefacedly took the false news to the media.

“As a supposed senior member of the academia, we expect Dr Omole to be circumspect in his usage of words. How can you describe a University that is the toast of most Nigerian parents and the darling of admission seekers as a terrorist organisation?

“The university of Ilorin is proud of its records of achievement as the most peaceful university in the country with an unbroken record of stable academic calendar and an unmatched expansion of academic programmes. These are attributes that have made the university the most sought after institution of higher learning in the country since 2013.

“Surely, an institution like this that is actively promoting the nation’s educational ideals and fostering peace and stability cannot be rightly described as a terrorist organisation, except perhaps, Omole has a new definition for the word.”