The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
have shut down the institution indefinitely over continuous protests by some of
its workers.
The Registrar of
the university, Dotun Awoyemo confirmed this to our correspondent on the
telephone on Tuesday.
According to him,
the management has decided to shut down the university for the safety of
students and staff.
He said, "We
have shut down the university indefinitely pending the time that we will
resolve issues with our workers - Non-academic Staff of University (NASU) and
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (SSANU).
"We have asked
our newly admitted students to go home and postponed the resumption of old
students indefinitely."
It was gathered
that old students of the OAU were expected to resume next week after a
two-month break.
Recall that workers
of the OAU under
the aegis of NASU and SSANU have intensified their protest against non-payment
of allowances and alleged imposition of a Vice-Chancellor despite the 'no
work', 'no pay' threat by the university's authorities.
They vowed to stop
the newly appointed VC from resuming office on Friday.
Our correspondent
gathered that the protest intensified when the University's Governing Council
announced Prof. Ayobami Salam as the new VC.
Though the counsel
to the university denied the appointment of a new VC at the Osogbo Federal High
Court hearing last Friday afternoon, the Governing Council on Saturday
officially announced Salami.
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