Lecturers under the umbrella of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo Chapter in Ondo State, have rejected and declared as illegal tenure elongation granted the Provost and Registrar of the institution by the Governing Council.
The Union however called on the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to order immediate take-off of the Adeyemi University of Education with the appointment of a qualified Vice-Chancellor.
Addressing newsmen in Ondo town after the COEASU Executive Council and Stakeholders’ meeting, the Chairman of the Union, Comrades Dr. Adetokunboh Adepoju, said the purported extension of tenure of the Principal Officers of the Adeyemi College of Education, amounts to illegality considering the fact that the college act had been abrogated and replaced with the Adeyemi University of Education Act recently passed and assented by President Buhari.
Comrade Adepoju expressed concern over the delay in the take-off of the Transition Implementation Committee of the University, which they said has generated apprehension and tension in the institution community and the people of the state.
The Union urged the federal government to reject any controversial recommendation for the extension or renewal of the tenure of Principal Officers for the College.
On the ongoing four weeks of industrial action, Comrade Adepoju said academic activities would remain suspended at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.
Leke Adegbite
