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ASUU Chairman sues school management over suspension

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ASUU Chairman sues school management over suspension

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Federal University of Oye Ekiti, Gabriel Omonijo, has filed a suit against the university authority challenging his suspension.

The case was on April 20 filed before the National Industrial Court in Akure by Funmi Falana and Taiwo Olawanle from Falana and Falana’s Chambers.

He argued that his suspension was illegal and violated the provisions of the Trade Union Act.

He said the management ignored due process as stipulated in the university’s Conditions of Service which was an embodiment of the Acts that established the institution.

He further explained that the investigative panel that recommended his suspension to the university was biased based on its prejudiced composition.

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Omonijo who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Water Resources at the university said that the investigative panel saddled with the responsibility to investigate the allegations made in the petition to the minister turned round to place him on suspension without pay due to his position as the Chairman of ASUU in the institution.

He stated that he engaged the services of Falana and Falana’s Chambers which wrote the university via a letter dated March 11, 2019 informing it of the illegality of the constitution of the investigative panel, among others.

He mentioned that the university was yet to recall him from the suspension since Feb. 14, 2019 despite several efforts made to resolve the issues that led to his “hasty suspension.’’

He urged the court to order/direct the university authorities to reinstate him to his status as Senior Lecturer and to pay his “salaries, allowances and entitlements from February, 2019 till judgment is given in this suit.’’

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