Some workers of Federal University, Oye Ekiti on Friday protested against the ‘illegal’ sacking of the Registrar, Mr. Olatunbosun Odusanya.
The protesting workers, under the aegis of Concerned New Staff, who converged at the gate of the university campus around 7:30am, chanted solidarity songs to express their displeasure.
They were armed with placards bearing various inscriptions such as “The registrar must return”; “This injustice must stop: Enough is enough”; “The new sheriff must go or bow to regulations”, “Fasina must go or bow to regulation” and “Why will the registrar be sacked because he employed unemployed citizens?”
Addressing newsmen during the protest, the workers condemned the Registrar’s sacking without following due process, describing the exercise as the alleged handiwork of the Vice Chancellor, Prof Abayomi Fasina.
Spokesperson for the protesting workers who identified himself as Adebayo alleged that Fasina sacked Odusanya as vendetta to primarily settle personal scores.
He said: “The unceremonial sack of the registrar to settle personal scores must not be allowed to stay so that many more workers will not be sacked that way.
“The bursar is on the verge of being sacked as well. What have these principal officers done to the VC to warrant the sack? We are worried as anybody can be next. The appropriate authorities must come in, investigate the matter and reinstate the registrar”.
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“The VC cannot sack registrar like that for an offence he did not commit. The registrar said due process was followed in the employment of workers, yet he was sacked. We will not condone that in this university. The VC must go or abide by laid down rules and regulations.
“President Buhari promised Nigerians 200,000 jobs but the registrar, Odusanya was sacked for employing unemployed Nigerians. It is quite disheartening. Who knows the next person that he will sack? This case must stop in this university,” he said.
He called on President Buhari, National Assembly; Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu and all relevant bodies to reinstate the registrar and intervene in FUOYE matter before things blow out of proportion.
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