Bello Bans ASUU In Kogi StateGovernor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has today announced the banning of the Kogi State Chapter of the Academic staff union of Universities (ASUU), with immediate effect.
Speaking after an emergency State Executive Committee meeting, Bello said, all efforts to make members of the institution see reasons for calling off their over six months old strike action has failed.
Bello said, “Throughout last week, I undertook a tour of the tertiary institutions in Kogi State with a view to having first-hand information about the problems in the schools, but while others have since resumed, ASUU-KSU have refused to call off their strike action.”
According to him, “government have fulfilled over 90 percent of their demand and have gone a step further to pay all outstanding salaries of both cleared and uncleared staff including those that have committed one crime or the other.”
He said this despite the fact that governments decision to shut down the institution led to an increase in violent crimes on Ayingba and its environs, adding that “as a responsible government who has high regard for education as the pillar of the future of the state, we cannot afford to fold our hands and watch the future of our youths mortgaged.”
He, therefore also commanded the striking lecturers to resume work. He said failure to do so will render them jobless in the institution.
The governor also directed the governing council of the University to ensure the security of lives and property, while adding that staff willing to work must not suffer any form of harassment or intimidation.
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