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...For a better society... Wednesday, November 10 2004 Vol 13 No.44 News Editorial Politics Opinion Features Foreign News The Arts Sports Education Business Money/Market Travels/Tourism Property/Environment Columnists OAU crisis: Hope dims on early resumption of students ABIODUN FELIX, Osogbo THERE are indications that the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, may be under lock for a very long time as the students prepare to state their own version of last Wednesday’s incident today. Sources also told Daily Champion that some staff unions were involved in last week’s crisis. The institution was shut by its authorities last week after the students went on rampage to protest the refusal of the Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Rogers Makanjuola, to reinstate two suspended student Union leaders, Peter Olowokandi and Hasani Adenekan. Principal officers of the institution were held hostage before the police were invited to free the V.C. in the ensuing melee a part one student lost his life. The V.C. had recently been engulfed in crisis with both the Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU) and the OAU chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) over the non-payment of their March and April 2003, salaries which was stopped at the directive of the Federal Government’s policy of (no-work-no-pay) during the prolonged ASUU strike of last year. While the staff accused the VC of selective payment of the two months’ salaries, he (the VC) maintained that he acted on the directive of the Federal Government. This face-off, Daily Champion gathered, led to the refusal of the lecturers to release the results of the students, one of the factors that led to the protest. Last week’s protest, Daily Champion learnt, was a spill over of the grouse of the academic staff against the VC. This led to beliefs that some unseen hands believed to be staff of the school, incited as well as backed the protest. A member of the university community, who spoke with Daily Champion, under the condition of anonymity, maintained that some staffers of the institution allegedly backed the protest. With the closure of the institution and the subsequent visit of Professor Makanjuola to Abuja over the weekend, there are indications that there are no hopes of early re-opening of the school. This is because the Federal Government might set up a panel to unravel the crisis as well as proffer a lasting solution to it. Meanwhile, students of the institution are addressing the press today at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba- Ijaiye. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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