The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday called on the federal government to fulfill its outstanding agreements with the union.
Chairman University of Ibadan ASUU chapter, Dr Adefemi Afolabi, made the call while speaking during the orientation programme for the 389 newly employed academic staff of the University of Ibadan.
He stressed that the recent recruitment was a welcome development. He however said it was insufficient to meet the number of lecturers needed in public universities.
He tasked the federal government to ensure timely replacement of retired or dead academic staff.
Afolabi maintained that the programme was designed to expose participants to the ethics, responsibilities, and expectations of academic staff members.
He stressed that the training also covers the university staff handbook, members’ primary assignments of teaching, research, and community service, as well as conduct expected of lecturers, warning members against acts of misconduct such as examination malpractice and sexual harassment, stressing that the union would not shield erring members.
“Any member found culpable will face the union’s ethics committee, while the university authorities may also apply appropriate sanctions, including dismissal,” he said.
In his remarks, Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ibadan Zone, Professor Biodun Olaniran, said the “workshop is the ideological boot camp that will reorient your mind from the flawed logic of “a worker” to the liberating responsibility of a public intellectual.
“You have crossed a significant threshold. Today, you are the newest members of the most formidable intellectual and activist force on the African continent. You have joined the University of Ibadan an institution of history and excellence. But let me be clear: you have not just joined a university; you have joined a struggle.”