The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State has sought the intervention of President Bola Tinubu over the allegation that the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Fasina, sexually assaulted some female staff of the school and embezzled its Internally Generated Revenue.
The Chairman of the branch of SSANU, Faleye Benjamin, levelled the accusation against the VC at the congress of the union on Monday.
The congress was held on Monday at the Science Lecture Theatre, Phase 2 of the main campus.
Benjamin said Tinubu Should constitute a visitation panel of enquiry to look into the affairs of the federal institution under Fasina since he came on board.
The Association also accused the VC of alleged staff intimidation, creating a hostile work environment, abuse of office, undermining confidence in the university leadership, administrative recklessness, and lack of accountability.
The workers called for the reversal of appointments of teaching staff into Non-Teaching Roles, describing it as a deviation from standard university practices.
Benjamin seized the opportunity to urge the new Governing Council of FUOYE led by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba to take a look at the plight of SSANU members in the institution.
He said: “Our members have been exposed to various kind of intimidation, victimisation and sexual harassment of our female members.
“So, these are the cases that we have brought up with the former Council Chairman, Engr. Kayode Ojo, that is being looked into.
“We have a particular one that officially took the matter up and she wrote to us that she was victimised and sexually harassed by the Vice-Chancellor.
“We took the case up, presented it to the previous Council Chairman.
“So, we don’t want such cases to be swept under the carpet.
“That’s why we are calling on the Federal Government of Nigeria to come down to the aid of FUOYE and come and see what is happening here.
“We have raised allegations regarding embezzlement of IGR.
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“We want a standard.
“There should be uniform standards when it comes to universities in Nigeria.
“So the same standard is what we want FUOYE to follow suit.
“That is what we are clamouring for.
“We are particular about the reshuffling of the new Governing Council Chairman, Engr. Kayode Ojo.
“Within the short period of time that we spent with him, we found it so easy working with him.
“I believe that he has been able to understand the plight of the union within a short period of time.
“We are still using this opportunity to welcome Senator Ndoma-Egba to FUOYE.
“We believe that all our agitations that are being looked into by the previous council chairman, that he is going to continue from there because we have serious issues at the level of FUOYE.”
Meanwhile, a caucus comprising members of SSANU, Congress of Nigerian Academics, Non-Academic Staff of Universities, and National Association of Academic Technologists in FUOYE has defended the VC, describing the allegations against him as baseless.
In their response, the caucus firmly rejected the allegations, describing them as the work of unprogressive elements acting on behalf of political sponsors seeking to discredit the administration ahead of the forthcoming vice-chancellorship race in 2025.
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