The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is holding a rally today, Tuesday, to protest the dismissal of five lecturers from Lagos State University, Ojo.
In a statement from ASUU Owerri Zone, the union condemned the dismissals as illegal.
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The rally began at 10 a.m.
The statement also highlighted ongoing issues of victimization at several other institutions, including Kogi State University (KSU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma (AAUE) in Edo State, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) in Anambra State, and the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) in Imo State.
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The statement reads in part, “Fellow Nigerian and compatriots, we are disheartened by the deliberate reluctance of the respective university administration governing councils and visitors of the stated universities to halt the spiralling victimisation of academic staff for all standing for truth
“The victimisation suffered by our members ranges from dismissal from service, suspension from duty and statutory meetings, denial of promotion, deliberate seizure of salaries, non-payment of promotion arrears, non-responsibility by seeking the truth, finding the truth, teaching the truth and defending the truth.
“ASUU is particularly disturbed at the seeming travesty of justice in the judgment delivered against our members at the Kogi State University, Anyigba, after seven years of waiting!”
However, previous reports indicated that the dismissed lecturers had denied these allegations.
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