The management of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba (AAUA) Akungba Akoko has explained the facts behind the suspension of some of its lecturers from the university.
In a press release signed by the Head, Information, Protocol and Public Relations, Sola Imoru, a copy of which was made available to African Business Travel News (ABTN) online today, the University authorities explained that the moves by some individuals to misinform the unsuspecting public and to gain sympathy for some lecturers suspended for their unruly and unpatriotic cause should be disregarded.
“The attention of the Management of Adekunle Ajasin University has been drawn to the misrepresentation of facts and innuendos being peddled in the media on the suspension of some academics by the University authorities ostensibly to misinform the unsuspecting public and gain sympathy for their unruly and unpatriotic cause,”.
Further describing the move as baseless and far from the truth, the statement however said the need to respond to the claims was to keep the record straight.
“Obviously, baseless and distant as the bogus claims of these elements are from the truth, there is, however, a need to respond to the raging misrepresentations to set the records straight” it explained further, “Following the suspension, the over three months’ industrial action two weeks ago, the Senate held an emergency meeting on October 13, 2016 during which a decision was taken, among others, that all lecturers must submit students’ scores and upload same within one week.
Unfortunately, in utmost disregard for the decision of the Senate, the highest academic organ of the University, some misguided academics disrupted the meetings called in some faculties and departments to achieve Senate’s decision, assaulted their colleagues, including senior professors, and generally disturbed the peace of the University.”
It added further, “Management, on receipt of the reports from the assaulted academics, suspended the erring lecturers and constituted a panel to investigate the matter to restore discipline, peace and sanity in line with the extant books of the University.”
The university authorities therefore said peace has returned to the university while lectures have since commenced uninterrupted and as scheduled.
