Authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have shut down
the institution indefinitely over continuous protests by some of its
workers.
The Registrar of the university, Dotun Awoyemo confirmed this to our
correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.
According to him, the management has decided to shut down the
university for the safety of students and staff.
He said, “We have shut down the university indefinitely pending the time
that we will resolve issues with our workers – Non-academic Staff of
University (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (SSANU).
“We have asked our newly admitted students to go home and postponed
the resumption of old students indefinitely.”
It was gathered that old students of the OAU were expected to resume
next week after a two-month break.
Recall that workers of the OAU under the aegis of NASU and SSANU have
intensified their protest against non-payment of allowances and alleged
imposition of a Vice-Chancellor despite the ‘no work’, ‘no pay’ threat by
the university’s authorities.
They vowed to stop the newly appointed VC from resuming office on
Friday.
Our correspondent gathered that the protest intensified when the
University’s Governing Council announced Prof. Ayobami Salam as the
new VC.
Though the counsel to the university denied the appointment of a new
VC at the Osogbo Federal High Court hearing last Friday afternoon, the
Governing Council on Saturday officially announced Salami.

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