The Academic Staff Union of Universities has queried four professors of Enugu State University of Science and Technology for sabotaging its ongoing nationwide strike.
Prof. Agu Gab Agu, Chairman of ESUT-ASUU, revealed this on Monday, after a congress of the local union in Enugu.
He said with almost half the population of its members present, they made it clear that they still stand on the resolutions of the ASUU National Executive on the strike.
Prof. Agu said that they abide by whatever decision of the National Executive Council and await further directives on the strike.
Answering questions on the purported resumption of academic activities in ESUT on Monday, the academic don said they were informed that some lecturers met with the management and sold the idea that they were representing ASUU and that the strike had been called off.
He said, “We are in meeting with the management and we have refuted that because we do not know them. We did not give them the mandate and everybody seems to be concerned about such a development and we have taken the necessary steps by issuing them with a query.
“Four professors are involved and we have issued them with queries and when they reply, we would know the next action to take.
“We are forwarding the query to ASUU national so that next time people should not arrogate to themselves what is not their duty. Nobody sent them. They don’t have the mandate of ASUU.”
Agu said the action of the professors was even very painful, knowing the stature of their member who died and whose death had pained every ASUU member.
“He (Professor Festus Iyayi) was a very devoted activist. You need to come close to him to appreciate him. I was with him when we had residency at Oxford round-table last year and he was somebody that was full of humanity and again a very devoted family man.
“He came with his wife to Oxford. We were three Nigerians – Prof. Festus Iyayi, Prof. Akin Oyebade of the University of Lagos and my humble self and we were even hosted by the Nigerian community headed by one Prof. Shoduke of the Leys Pharmacy,” said Agu.
