The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the University of
Ilorin as a terrorist organisation after the institution reportedly
sacked the ASUU chairman in the school, Dr. Kayode Afolayan, for
allegedly exposing corrupt practices of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor,
Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali.
In a letter signed on behalf of the
union by the chairman of the University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Dr.
Ayodeji Omole, and the Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Ibadan Zone, Dr. Ade
Adejumo, the lecturers said that Unilorin under Ambali devised all means
to suppress legitimate industrial activities in order to avoid exposure
of his misdeeds.
The letter partly read, “Indeed, the university
prides itself in its ability to kill off (members of) staff and
students that are connected in any way to ASUU leadership. This hate
crime on the part of the university is usually carried out under the
guise of uninterrupted academic calendar. Yet, many universities have
also maintained a stable academic calendar without destroying union
members or their careers. To all intents and purposes, Unilorin has
become a terrorist organisation as far as industrial relation is
concerned.
“Prof Ambali took all these to an unprecedented
height when in 2015, he smuggled his wife, Dr. Taiwo Ambali, into the
university through the temporary appointment route as Lecturer 1. By
2016, less than one year later, she had been promoted to the rank of
Senior Lecturer, when the regulation specifies at least three years
before such a promotion could take place.
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