Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf
Aregbesola, has ordered the sacking of lecturers and other members of
staff at the Osun State Colleges of Education Ilesa and Ila Orangun.
Our correspondent gathered on Saturday
that termination letters for the affected staff were taken to the two
institutions of higher learning on Friday but the workers refused to
collect the letters.
The disengagement letters were said to
have been brought to the institutions from the Ministry of Education,
Osogbo, the state capital.
In Ila Orangun 37 lecturers and 34
non-teaching staff were said to be affected, while 34 workers, including
lecturers, were sacked at Ilesa.
The Chairman of the College of Education
Academic Staff Union, Ila Orangun branch, Mr. Segun Onifade, who
confirmed the sacking, told our correspondent on the telephone that no
fewer than 71 members of staff, including lecturers were affected in the
mass sacking.
Onifade, however, said the union
instructed the affected lecturers not to collect the termination letters
which were brought to the school on Friday.
The Chairman and Secretary of Council of
Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Owned Tertiary Institutions, Jimoh
Lasisi and Olusegun Lana, respectively also confirmed the sacking in a
statement made available to journalists.
The statement read, “Letters of
termination of appointment were issued to several members of staff in
Osun State owned Tertiary Institutions on Friday.
“This is coming just a few hours after
the Academic Staff Unions notified the government of its readiness to
take ‘any necessary action of last resort’ after the failure of
government to address festering issues despite the unions’ several pleas
and ultimatum.
“The union has directed members not to collect any letter while congress holds soon to decide the next line of action.”
The Chairman, Governing Council of
OSSCE, Ila Orangun, Mr. Niyi Akande, when contacted on the telephone
neither denied nor confirmed the sacking.
He said, “I don’t know. Since you said
it happened on Friday and I don’t live in Ila. I would be briefed on
Monday if it is true.”
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union
of Polytechnic at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Mr. Dotun Omisore, also
told our correspondent that the list of those to be sacked in the
institution had been compiled.
He said he learnt that the letters would be distributed on Monday (tomorrow).
The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr.
Gboyega Oyetola, when contacted on the telephone by our correspondent,
debunked the claims of the lecturers.
Oyetola, who did not pick calls put
across to his telephone however responded in the negative to the inquiry
of sack sent to him through text message.
He simply replied, “No.”
Punch
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