Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone, on Saturday berated university administrators in the country for alleged victimization of its members.
The union made its position known at its Zonal Executive Council meeting held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.
The ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Prof. O. A. Timothy Namo, who read a prepared text at a media briefing at the end of the meeting, said the union had set aside September 10 as the National Day of Solidarity with for its victimised members in some universities across the country.
He said: “These universities include Lagos State University (LASU), Ojoo, Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba; Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki; Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma; Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam.”
“All Branches and Zones of the Union were directed to organise programmes and press conferences to mark the day. The Bauchi Zone has decided to hold this press briefing in line with the directive of the Union.”
“We have discovered unjustifiable and excruciating hardship being meted to our colleagues in the aforementioned universities. Our union is worried that the respective Visitors and Administrators of these universities have continued to victimise our members through wicked actions including, but not limited to, termination of appointments, suspension from work, withholding of salaries and allowances, denial and delay of promotion, exclusion from statutory meetings and non-remittance of union dues and other third-party deductions.
“Without a doubt, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma is the hottest and epicenter of the wickedness and victimization of our members.
“In Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma, there has also been a running battle between the State Government/University Administration and the union, leading to the seizure of salaries of some of our committed members for many months, non-remittance of third-party deductions and the autocratic running of the university using Special Intervention Team (SIT) which is alien to the university laws.”
“We hope that the recently constituted Governing Council will run the University in line with the extant laws and resolve all issues including the backlog of salaries owed our members as well as delayed promotions.”
Yemi Kanji
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