As the Federal Government declared on Tuesday that it
would not honour the 2009 Agreement it reached with the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), lecturers in the University
of Calabar and Cross River University of Science and Technology have
accused the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission
(NUC), Prof. Julius Okogie, of fueling the crisis that has led to the current strike by university lecturers.
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In a statement jointly signed by chairman of UNICAL branch of the union,
Dr. James Okpiliya, and his CRUTECH counterpart, Dr. Nsing Ogar, the
ASUU officials accused the NUC boss of carrying out a campaign of
calumny against the lecturers by publishing what it
claimed is the salary of university teachers in the media.
“Government and its agents, particularly the National
Universities Commission, have rather chosen propaganda by publishing
salaries of academics and releases to universities in their
ill-conceived campaign to canvass public opinion against ASUU,” the
statement read. The lecturers said instead of addressing the issues at
stake, Okogie, at the instance of the Federal Ministry of Education, is
busy conducting campaign of
calumny against the union.
The ASUU officials, who accused the NUC boss of desperately trying to
discredit the union, said, “We challenge the NUC Executive Secretary to
publish his salary and declare his assets. It would interest the union
and Nigerians to know his stake in the ICT contracts in all public
universities and the vast empire
he has suddenly acquired for himself.”
However, the lecturers expressed regrets at the
attitude of the NUC, stating that “a body charged with the role of
regulating and facilitating the general repositioning of universities
for excellence and
productivity has itself become a problem in bringing this about, with its head as the Chief Obstructer.”
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