UNN ASUU Backs New Exco

Members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Chapter  have passed a vote of confidence on the new Executive led by Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Abada.
Our correspondent reports that the crisis in the University of Nigeria, has since divided  members of ASUU into two warring factions with one faction led by one Adibe Agbo.
It was also gathered that a factional group led by  Adibe Agbo had last week announced the purported suspension of  Dr. Abada alongside members of his executive
However, at a special congress held at the UNN, which was attended by the chairman of the union in Nsukka zone, Dr. Chidi Osuagwu, the members threw their support behind Abada’s leadership, describing Agbo and his group as “rebellious and illegal”.
ASUU-Nsukka zone is made up of the UNN, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, Anambra State University and Abia State University.
The members who attended the congress in their numbers, therefore, unanimously commended Dr. Abada and members of  his executive for their doggedness towards pursuing the collective interest of the members.
However, there was a mild drama at the congress as two of the purported executive members of the factional ASUU said they were not part of any congress where Abada and his executive members were suspended.
One of them, Engineer Austin Omah told the congress that “I was not even in the campus the day the purported congress was held. It was at a wedding ceremony that somebody told me congratulations on my election as welfare officer of ASUU. I was not part of any congress, and I here dissociate myself from that group”.
Similarly, another member, Ifeoma Nzekwe, who was named financial secretary also disowned the new ASUU, lamenting that she never took part in any congress.
Addressing members of the union, Osuagwa described Agbo’s action as “a declaration of war on ASUU” and warned that the ASUU would not hesitate to deal with all those involved in the factional union.
Meanwhile, the ASUU members have vowed to continue their protest, stressing that there was no going back on their demands.
Under the Joint Action Committee, JAC, made up of ASUU, NASU, SSANU and NAAT, they listed the demands to include “the reinstatement of the suspended pro-chancellor, Dr. Emeka Enejere, suspension of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bartho Okolo, setting up of a judiciary panel of inquiry by the federal government in UNN and immediate stop to illegal internet deductions and refund of such money to staff”.