Varsity Governing Council Sacks 962 Staff

The Governing Council of Olabisi Onabanjo University,  Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State has relieved 962 staffers of the university of their appointments.

Disclosing this to newsmen, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the governing Council, Chief Alex Onabanjo said the sack was part of the on-going restructuring in the institution which started at the university in April.

He said seven Professors, five Readers, nine Senior Lecturers, 27 lecturers I, 24 lecturers II, 19 assistant lecturers and three graduate assistants were affected.

The Pro-Chancellor further stated that 459 academic staff were retained by the council saying “with a projection of 61 additional academic staff to be employed thereby bringing the number of academic staff in the Humanities to 235, 285 in the Sciences while 733 non-teaching staff were retained.

The step taken by the council became necessary, according to him, because of the prevailing circumstances in the institution, saying that the over-bloated work force of the institution had grossly contravened the requirements of the National University Commission (NUC) in staff recruitment, assuring that the “right-sizing exercise would put things in proper shape.

He stated further that the staff affected by the exercise would be given three months salary in lieu of the termination of their appointments.