LASU moves against former ASUU chairman, vice

The management’ of the Lagos State University (LASU) has suspended the remittance of check-off dues for lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU).

The school management said it took the move to curtial alleged corruption involving former chairman and vice-chairman of the union, Dr Isaac Oyewunmi and Dr Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu respectively.

Mr Ademola Adekoya, the university spokesman gave this information while speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Monday.

Ademola said it acted following petition by about 70 per cent of members of the union who said both leaders still collect monthly stipend from the union’s purse despite not being members of the university communities again.

According to him, both of them were still signatories to the union’s bank account.

The union has, however, ordered the suspension of the account until it is regularised.

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“In the circumstance, the vice-chancellor, in the exercise of his supervisory and general responsibility to council to maintain good order in the university, has directed the immediate suspension of remittance of check-off dues of members of the union.

“The remittance of check-off dues into ASUU-LASU bank accounts remained suspended pending when the management and operation of the account(s) are properly regularised,” he said.

“Reports reaching the management confirmed that both Oyewunmi and Adeyemi-Suenu had illegally been collecting monthly allowances of N50,000 each from the general monthly deductions of ASUU-LASU members.

“The petitioners further alleged that the management is acting in concert with the executive of ASUU-LASU to defraud members of ASUU-LASU.

“The relevant financial institutions of the Union Bank account have, however, confirmed that Oyewunmi, as at Jan.9, 2019, is a signatory to the bank accounts of ASUU-LASU, ” Adekoya said.

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