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| Gov Bello |
The
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has come hard on the Kogi
state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who it said, lacks the powers to
proscribe activities of the union in Kogi State University, Anyigba.
Bello
had while prescribing the activities of ASUU in the state-owned
university, stated that the union had rebuffed all efforts by the
government to persuade it to end a six-month old strike, including
meeting over 90 per cent of the union’s demands.
Nsukka
zonal Coordinator of the union, Prof David Ikoni, while speaking with
newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday, said the action of the governor revealed
his ignorance of the law and the rules guiding the operations of ASUU,
and gave him away as a despot.
While
declaring the purported proscription null and void, the ASUU chief said
the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the union would meet on
Saturday for further actions on the matter.
“By
section 40 of the Constitution, every person shall be entitled to
assemble freely and associate with other persons and in particular he
may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any other
association for the protection of his interest.
“The
actions of the governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello of allegedly proscribing
ASUU-KSU, Anyigba, therefore smacked off ignorance of the position of
law and brings to fore the question of whether he has the mental
capacity and the needed leadership quality to lead as a governor,” he
said.
Ikoni
maintained that ASUU, as a trade union with several members, had every
right to agitate and struggle for the protection of the interest and
welfare of its members, especially in a democratic setting.
`THEWILL
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