ASUU

UI ASUU RE-ELECT AYO AKINWOLE AS CHAIRMAN

Published

1 year ago

January 21, 2023

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Ibadan (UI) has re-elected Prof. Ayo Akinwole as its chairman to run the affairs of the union for a second term.

Akinwole was returned for another term after 270 YES votes against 161 NO in a referendum election.

The YES votes represented those who wanted Akinwole to continue as Chairman while NO were those against his continuity in office.

Tension was high on campus as forces for and against his reelection went to battle.

Also elected are Dr. Seun Garuba of Microbiology who polled 270 votes to defeat Dr Olisa Muojama who polled 140 votes to emerge as Secretary of the Branch.

Dr Akewula Adams was returned as Financial Secretary while Dr Oyebola was elected as Investment secretary.

Dr Moses Adetona was elected as Assistant Secretary of the Union.

The President of Union, Emmanuel Osodeke was represented at the Biennial Congress where the results of the election was declared by Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of the Union, Professor Oyebamiji Oyegoke.

The election was witnessed by leaders of the Union from UNILAG (Dr Dele Ashiru), UNILORIN (Moyosore Ajao), LAUTECH (Babatunde Lawal), LASU (Akinloye Oyewunmi), UNAAB (Gbenga Adeleye), KWASU (Dauda Adesola), OAU (Anthony Odiwe).

Credit: The Nation.

ASUU

NLC, TUC, ASUU, Others Defy Court Order As They Begin Strike

Published

6 months ago

November 14, 2023

Pamilerin Fedpolygist

The NLC had on Monday announced the commencement of the industrial action from midnight of Monday, 13 November, in defiance to a restraining order issued by the National Industrial Court in Abuja on Friday.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and its affiliates including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, began a nationwide strike, in defiance to a restraining court order barring them from embarking on the industrial action.

The two major labour unions, NLC and TUC, had declared the strike, following the brutalisation of the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, in Imo State on 1 November. Mr Ajaero was attacked in Owerri, the state capital, during an NLC protest against the Imo State government over alleged maltreatment of workers in the state.

The unions on Monday directed their members to down tools across the country as from Tuesday.

This is despite the restraining order issued by the National Industrial Court, in Abuja, on Friday, stopping the labour unions from embarking on the strike. The judge, Benedict Kanyip, ordered the two major labour unions to stop their industrial action scheduled to commence 14 November.

The interim order followed an ex-parte request by the Nigerian government through the office of Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, due to the Labour unions’ threat to embark on strike.

Ignoring the court order, ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science, on Monday, directed compliance with the strike declaration in a letter to ASUU zonal coordinators and branch chairpersons across the country.

“As an affiliate of NLC, all members of our union are hereby directed to join this action of NLC to protect the interest of Nigerian workers and the leadership of the union. Zonal coordinators and branch chairpersons should immediately mobilise our members to participate in the action,” ASUU President, Mr Osodeke, wrote in a letter to zonal and branch chairpersons of the union.

When PREMIUM TIMES asked Mr Osodeke if he was aware of the subsisting court order stopping the strike, he said the question should be directed to the NLC which called for the strike.

“Call the NLC, ASUU did not declare a strike, NLC declared the strike. Call NLC,” he said in a telephone interview on Tuesday morning.

But the NLC’s head of information, Benson Upah, did not respond to phone calls and messages sent to his line requesting for comments, as of the time of filing this report.

The labour unions had, on Monday, refused to acknowledge the court order while directing their members to withdraw their services as from Tuesday.

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