The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has described state-owned universities opting out of the ongoing industrial action as quacks.
Professor Osodeke stated this in an interview with Arise TV on Friday as more chapters opted out of the strike.
He said: “Please when you’re providing data, look at the background.
“Kwara State University is not a member of ASUU.
“They’ve not joined.
“You can check.
“Osun State University was suspended from ASUU for misbehaviour.
“Tou can check.
“In LASU (Lagos State University) that you mentioned, we are in court with LASU because they sacked all our executives more than five years ago.
“So they were not part of this struggle.
“For Ekiti State University, ASUU doesn’t run a University.
“The government has a right to say we have reopened.
“Our members have the right to say that’s good for you, we are not teaching, we are on strike.
“As it happened in Gombe State University, Yobe State University.
“You can go and check.
“As it happened in Kaduna State University.
“So don’t cite those examples.
“They are irrelevant.”