NASU, FUTA Chapter Protest Removal of VC

The internal crisis rocking the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, yesterday took another dimension, as the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, FUTA chapter called for immediate removal of the vice chancellor of the university, Professor Adebiyi Daramola.

The association, during a protest that grounded the activities of the institution yesterday alleged that the vice chancellor sacked teachers of the institution’s staff primary school and allegedly employed others without following due process.

The protesters who locked the gate of the school and asked the pupils to go back home, armed with placards with various inscriptions such as “ No to privatisation of federal universities primary schools ,” “No to disengagement ,” “ We say no to appointment of teachers,” “ Don’t kill FUTA Staff School,” “We are federal government workers,” “We say no to re-apply”, “Our children’s future is important”, among others .

Speaking with journalists on the development, The FUTA chairman of NASU, Comrade Adebayo Aladerotohun said that that the Vice Chancellor has an agenda in the sack of the teachers.