ASUU VOWS TO DEAL WITH OVERZEALOUS VICE CHANCELLORS.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has warned that it would not spare
Vice-Chancellors who had not done enough to
ensure peace and stability in their institutions.
The National President, Dr Nasir Fagge, gave
the warning in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
Fagge said that some of the vice-chancellors
had deviated from their mandatory role of
ensuring peace and stability for academic
progress to creating confusion among staff and
other unions.
He cited the lingering crisis at the Lagos State
University (LASU) as one of the institutions
where, according to him, an overzealous vice-
chancellor was out to destroy the institution.
“We had a situation where all the trade unions
on campus had to rise up and fight the then
vice-chancellor to a standstill,’’ he told NAN on
telephone.
“We are happy that the Lagos State
Government, which cherishes and knows the
need for stability in an academic setting, had
to intervene.
“With that vice-chancellor out now, we equally
hope that his successor will be able to turn
around the plight of the institution for good so
that it begins to move to higher pedestal.’’
He also said that the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso had been
suffering because of having two masters.
According to him, the institution was the only
university in the country with two visitors.
He noted that it was becoming easy for these
visitors to refuse to fund the university
adequately.
“They rather find it convenient to pass the
buck on each other as regards the plight of
the university.
“We believe that the two visitors must have to
sit down and decide the fate of this institution
so that should anything happen to the
university; one will know where to trade the
blame.
“We as ASUU will not sit back and watch any
person or group of persons destroy what
government and other critical stakeholders are
toiling hard to build in the interest of our
children,’’ he warned. (NAN)