ASUU condemns alleged victimisation, unlawful dismissal of lecturers in varsities

Decries wickedness, victimisation towards members throughout Nigeria

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THE Tutorial Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the alleged victimisation, intimidation, harassment and dehumanisation of its members in some public universities.

This was contained in a press release issued by Kano Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Professor Abdulkadir Mohammad, in Kano on Saturday.

He cited insistences of not following due course of and adherence to rules governing the Nigerian college system.

He expressed concern over the event, stating that college administrations, governing councils, and guests (governors) weren’t appearing in the very best curiosity of public universities.

Mohammad recognized Kogi State College (KSU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Ambrose Alli College (AAU) as these allegedly victimising lecturers.

Others, he mentioned, included: Federal College of Expertise Owerri (FUTO), and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu College (COOU) as establishments the place ASUU members face victimisation.

Particularly, he talked about 120 unjustly dismissed ASUU members in KSU since 2017, largely for demanding higher working situations and welfare packages.

“There’s the unlawful dismissal of ASUU-LASU chairperson and vice chairperson in 2017 for insisting on due course of.

“There’s additionally the dismissal of ASUU-LASU Secretary and Assistant Secretary in 2019 for questioning wrongful promotions and the suspension of EBSU ASUU Chairperson and Secretary for convening conferences,” he alleged.

Mohammad promised that ASUU would discover all authorized avenues to make sure reinstatement of sacked members.

He referred to as on college administrations, governing councils, and governors to reinstate suspended or dismissed ASUU members.

“They need to additionally handle denial of promotion, non-payment of backlog salaries and arrears and respect basic human rights and freedom of affiliation

He condemned the dehumanisation and violation of members’ rights, urging authorities to take fast motion to deal with that.

Additionally, ASUU has decried the assorted wickedness and victimisation towards its members in authorities Universities throughout the nation declaring that Ambrose Alli College, Ekpoma because the epicenter of such maltreatment.

ASUU made the declaration by way of its Bauchi Zone which addressed Journalists on the finish of its Zonal EXCO assembly held on the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi on Saturday.

Studying the textual content of the Press convention on the ASUU ATBU, Secretariat, Prof. O. A. Timothy Namo Zonal Coordinator, Bauchi Zone said, “The Union resolved to put aside September 10, 2024 because the Nationwide Day of Solidarity with our victimised members in some Universities.”

In accordance with him, “These universities embrace Lagos State University (LASU), Ojoo; Kogi State College (KSU), Anyigba; Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki; Ambrose Ali College (AAU), Ekpoma; Federal College of Expertise, Owerri (FUTO) and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu College (COOU), Igbariam.”

He defined that, “All Branches and Zones of the Union have been directed to organise programmes and press conferences to mark the day. The Bauchi Zone has determined to carry this press briefing in keeping with the directive of the Union.”

The problems based on him are the “unjustifiable and excruciating hardship being meted to our colleagues within the aforementioned universities. Our Union is frightened that the respective Guests and Directors of those Universities have continued to victimise our members by way of depraved actions together with, however not restricted to, termination of appointments, suspension from work, withholding of salaries and allowances, denial and delay of promotion, exclusion from statutory conferences and non-remittance of union dues and different third-party deductions.”

Whereas giving a run-down of the problems within the respective Universities, the ASUU Zonal Coordinator said, ”Ambrose Alli College (AAU), Ekpoma is the most popular and epicenter of the wickedness and victimization of our members.”