FUOYE Senior Staff disown planned industrial action

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti have dissociated themselves from the planned industrial action in the university.

The factional members of the union reiterated that they were not a part of the decision to embark on industrial action by the local chapter and SSANU Western zone over the recent report of FUOYE’s governing Council which cleared the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Fasina of allegation of sexual harassment.

The SSANU Western Zone had rejected the resolution of the Governing Council, which absolved the Vice Chancellor of alleged sexual harassment, threatening to embark on industrial action across all the 26 universities in the Western zone.

But, the factional FUOYE SSANU group, in a statement by 50 members including Mr J.T. Aborisade and Mr. Wale Owasanoye outrightly condemned the planned as a scheme by undemocratic elements to undermine the university’s peaceful environment.

The FUOYE SSANU members warned the Western Zonal leadership to refrain from meddling in university’s internal affairs, vowing to defend FUOYE’s integrity and ensure external forces do not push the university into another round of needless crisis.

While pledging full support to the university’s Governing Council, they called on Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa to ignore the western SSANU zone threat and prevail on them to allow peace to reign.