Ondo State University,Adekunle Ajasin threatens to pull out of Asuu strike

The Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), in Ondo State, Prof. Femi Mimiko on Wednesday said the institution may pull out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s strike if the federal government and the union refuse to resolve before the end of this month.

Mimiko, who spoke with reporters at World Pharmacists Day held in Akure, the State Capital said the management might be forced to recall the students back to the campus in the next couple of days.

He noted that the ASUU’S strike had affected the institution calendar, which according to him has not been interrupted in the last four years.

The Vice Chancellor noted that there is an ongoing consultation between the workers and the management on the need to resume work, if the strike continues.

According to hims words, “interruption of academic calendar is one of the problems is the bad side of this strike. As you all know, we have managed the university for the past four years on an interrupted calendar. We are particularly concern about this strike because our academic calendar has been affected.

“We are hoping that ASUU we do the necessary thing to call off the strike as speedily as possible. We have come into the conclusion that in our own interest as a state university to begin to find a way to bring our students back.

“So, we are hoping that the strike will be call off before the end of the month, otherwise we may begin to take some steps that will enable us to invite our students back to the campus.

“Well we have a blue print on the table that we are looking at. The important thing is that we are not going to allow our students to remain at home for so long than this. If the strike is not over within a few days we may call back our workers.

“Already, we are consulting the lecturers because the lecturers are not employees of federal government. We do not have any substantive dispute with our workers on campus, so technically they should not have been on strike in the first instant”.