ASUU promise 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)