The Osun State University has expressed displeasure with the comment credited to the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Shodeke describing Universities that do not join the ongoing strike as “Quacks”.
The ASUU president had during a television programme taken on some universities who are not part of the strike including the Osun State University, describing them as “Quacks”.
The Vice Chancellor of UniOsun, Professor Odunayo Adebooye who made his reaction while addressing newsmen on the achievements of the university within the last year, said it was unfair to use such language for a university with four hundred and eighty-seven lecturers, out of which three hundred and eighty are PhD holders.
Professor Adebooye said it was uncharitable for a union leader to use such language to disparage reputable public universities just because they are patriotic, concerned about the future of Nigerian youths and see no justification in joining an issue between lecturers of Federal Universities and their employers.
The Vice-Chancellor maintained that UniOsun had recorded significant achievements in the areas of teaching and research, attracting huge grants from reputable organizations and institutions globally, making it one of the top most competitive tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
“Just last week, I got a letter from the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council, informing me of the approval and accreditation of UNIOSUN’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme. It is heartwarming to note that the NMDC not only approved the MBBS Programme but increased the admission quota for the programme from 50 to 100.”
He also stated that within the last eight months, the academic staff of the university had won six international research grants worth over three hundred thousand dollars in value and over fifty million naira from the Federal Government spreading across many fields of academic endeavours.
“Through a team led by Professor Monsuru Adeleke, our University has won a research grant of one hundred and one thousand dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Professor Clement Adebooye also leads a team that won fifty-six thousand dollars for a project from the Government of Norway, while Dr Benedict Falana won that of the National Research Foundation grant of South Africa at over five hundred thousand Ranch to work on Cancer”.
The Vice-Chancellor stressed further that as part of the university’s commitment to an uninterrupted academic calendar, the institution is set to commence the 2022/2023 admission exercise for prospectus UMTE/JAMB applicants.
Professor Adebooye who noted that the university was under pressure from those who wanted to change their institution of choice to it, because of its stable academic calendar, added that the school would not exceed its quota.
“We will not overshoot our quota.”
“Our University is known to obey Laws and we shall not break any Law. There is pressure on us from admission seekers, no doubt”. Professor Adebooye added.
Adenitan Akinola
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