UNIABUJA: ASUU threatens indefinate strike over VC’s comments

Prof James Adelabu, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja

The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the University council to remove Prof James Adelabu, the Vice Chancellor of the tertiary institution or be ready to face the wrath of ASUU.

Dr Clement Chup, the UNIABUJA ASUU Chairman on Sunday signed a statement rejecting the VC’s allegations in a media interview that ASUU in UNIABUJA was all about “sharing of money’’.

The academic union also threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the Vice Chancellor’s comment.

It stressed that the VC’s comment was a malicious lie meant to misrepresent issues regarding the formula being used in disbursing revenue generated by the university’s Centre for Distance Learning (CDL) programme.

“By the formula, a little percentage goes for the honorarium of participating lecturers by way of allowances, and this is a universal practice,’’ it said.

The statement said that ASUU’s position was clear on the allegations of corruption levelled against the VC, which he found difficult to defend.

It said that the union had blamed the suspension of some of the university’s faculties on the inability of the VC to sustain the faculties which he inherited from previous university administrations.

The statement said that ASUU had, therefore, pronounced a vote of no confidence on Adelabu’s administration, while calling for his removal in the interest of the university’s peace and progress.

11 COMMENTS

  1. ASUU is 100percent correct the VC is like a drowning man who will look for anything to hold on to including the recruiting of some questionable characters. As members of a phoney group known as integrity . The vc within three years has brought the university to its kneels.adding a day longer is to give the vc another opportunity to kill the university.The best thing that will happen in the university contrary to one Habeebs view is to ease this man out and shop for a competent person this one has shown incapacity Flush him out now

  2. Any Nigerian in position of authority who does not exhibit some levels of dictatorship and corruption is from a different planet. This is not strange as far as my knowledge of Nigerians can go. Dont be surprised, he will remain because of his corrupt godfathers.

  3. It is unfortunate that the university system has been turned to a battle field, the most important thing is that the so called V C has lost his credibility because of his poor leadership quality and deserve no sympathy for all we want is efficiency and service delivery let him go

  4. The V C is trying his best but Nigerian especially the so call ASUU SHOULD FACE THEIR BUSINESS AND ALLOW THE MAN TO DO HIS WORK, OR HIS BEST.HIS TENURE HAS BEEN A THREAT TO SOME BAD,WICKED AND EVIL TEACHERS THAT COLLECT MONEY FROM STUDENTS.THE MAN DOES NOT TAKE NONSENSE AT AL,READY TO USE HIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE UNABUJA. PLS LET FACE OUR OWN JOB AND THE V C FACE HI

  5. My goodness……………. What is happening in this country? I’m a 300 level economics and dis academic decay is takn place. Wot do we do nw especially those in their finals. Wat abt 1st and 2nd yr student. Infact, everyone body’s life is @ stake. What is our fate in this institution? I dnt know……………….

  6. unibuja ASUU is fighting for selfish intrest.d unscrupulous staffs of unibuja who are finding things difficult because of d disciplinary attitude of d vc are d ones fighting d vc.stop d writing of exams outside d school premisses where some of d currupt lecturers made their money.he took care of the admission process nd did not give d staffs that requested for money during admission chance.some want to head some offices but don’t get it.let him concentrate.this problem is only experienced by d true leader.

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