We have no choice than to sack workers −FUTA VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University
of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Prof. Adebiyi
Daramola, has declared that the institution
had no alternative but to sack teachers of the
university’s staff primary school, since the
directive came for the federal government.
The staff school teachers who were members
of the Non-Academic Staff Union of
Universities and Senior Staff Association of
the Nigerian Universities last week protested
against the decision of the varsity to
disengage their members, alleging that the VC
was insensitive to their case and ccording to
them, no other varsity had carried out the
directive.
Daramola who addressed journalists on
Monday at the Senate Building of the
institution, stated that he could not help the
situation by converting many of the affected
teachers to lecturers in the university, saying
“if we accommodate them they would be
regarded as ghost workers by the federal
government.”
The VC said, “We have no choice than to
implement the directives of the federal
government because the 2016 allocation does
not include their salaries, some schools have
also implemented it before us, for instance
Usman Don Fodio, Sokoto and UNILAG have
implemented it.
The FUTA boss, who insisted that there was
no going back in the disengagement of the
workers, stated that another set of teachers
had been employed to take up the jobs in the
school, following the refusal of the sacked
teachers to re-apply.
“We have held several meetings with the
SSANU and NASU in this school, appealing to
them to tell the teachers to re-apply but they
refused. Many eminent personalities in the
state had talked to them, yet they refused to
re-apply.
“If they had agreed to re-apply, we were
ready to accommodate all of them but it is
late now, because we have employed other
people,” Daramola explained.
However, in his reaction, the Chairman of
NASU, FUTA Chapter, Comrade Adebayo
Aladerotohun insisted that no university in the
country had implemented the directive of the
federal government to sack workers except
FUTA.
He said that the institution had recruited
another set of teachers without following due
process, alleging that the VC made the
recruitment to favour his people as he
allegedly employed only his relatives.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University
of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Prof. Adebiyi
Daramola, has declared that the institution
had no alternative but to sack teachers of the
university’s staff primary school, since the
directive came for the federal government.
The staff school teachers who were members
of the Non-Academic Staff Union of
Universities and Senior Staff Association of
the Nigerian Universities last week protested
against the decision of the varsity to
disengage their members, alleging that the VC
was insensitive to their case and ccording to
them, no other varsity had carried out the
directive.
Daramola who addressed journalists on
Monday at the Senate Building of the
institution, stated that he could not help the
situation by converting many of the affected
teachers to lecturers in the university, saying
“if we accommodate them they would be
regarded as ghost workers by the federal
government.”
The VC said, “We have no choice than to
implement the directives of the federal
government because the 2016 allocation does
not include their salaries, some schools have
also implemented it before us, for instance
Usman Don Fodio, Sokoto and UNILAG have
implemented it.
The FUTA boss, who insisted that there was
no going back in the disengagement of the
workers, stated that another set of teachers
had been employed to take up the jobs in the
school, following the refusal of the sacked
teachers to re-apply.
“We have held several meetings with the
SSANU and NASU in this school, appealing to
them to tell the teachers to re-apply but they
refused. Many eminent personalities in the
state had talked to them, yet they refused to
re-apply.
“If they had agreed to re-apply, we were
ready to accommodate all of them but it is
late now, because we have employed other
people,” Daramola explained.
However, in his reaction, the Chairman of
NASU, FUTA Chapter, Comrade Adebayo
Aladerotohun insisted that no university in the
country had implemented the directive of the
federal government to sack workers except
FUTA.
He said that the institution had recruited
another set of teachers without following due
process, alleging that the VC made the
recruitment to favour his people as he
allegedly employed only his relatives.
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