Osun State University JAC Accuse The Vice Chancellor Of Financial Mismanagement

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Osun State University JAC Accuse The Vice Chancellor Of Financial Mismanagement

 

A cross section of workers from Osun State University, under the auspices of Joint Action Committee(JAC) which comprises all non-teaching staff have accused the Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Labode Popoola of financial mismanagement and lack of administrative acumen.

In a press release signed by the Chairman of SSANU/JAC, Comrade Lekan Adiat, that of NASU, Comrade I.M, Fayemi, and his counterpart from NAAT, Comrade Ismail Adeleke, a copy which was made available to journalists on Friday, the union bemoaned the Vice -chancelleor for running the university aground.

While the release carpeted the V. C for misleading the general public on their demand during a press conference he addressed on Thursday, it also accused him of mismanaging over Three Billion Naira he met in the purse of the university upon his assumption of office as the Vice-chancellor.

“We wish to inform the general public that the claim by the Vice-chancellor that our struggle concerns only financial demand is a ploy to mitigate the collapse of our university and to incite the public against the innocent members of our unions because as at today, nothing is running again in our dear university, viz-a-viz office equipment, stationeries, laboratory materials, and drugs in the clinics.

“The university is still owing arrears of some items of the Earned allowances from 2009 to 2014 as against the claim of the Vice-chancellor that all the accrued arrears of Earned Allowances has been paid up till 2014.

“Kindly note that the last administration handed over Three Billion naira (N3,000,000,000) to this administration, excluding the amount claimed by Prof. Labode Popoola that UNIOSUN students were owing when he assumed office in November, 2006. What happened to all these monies.

“The Vice-chancellor also claimed that the promotion exercise is being delayed by the ongoing strike action. The practice in UNIOSUN is that the promotion exercise commences in April of each year, and conclude before October, while implementation starts on every October 1, his excuse is therefore tantamount to administrative deficiency.”

The unions stated their demands to include : Adequate funding of the university, downward review of tax, remittance of staff pension deductions among others.

It, therefore, reiterated it’s stance to continue with strike even after the National strike had been cut off.

” We wish to state that even after the end of National strike , UNIOSUN local struggle will continue.”

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EPL: Chelsea Coach, Conte Blasts His Players For Criticizing His Tactics

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EPL: Chelsea Coach, Conte Blasts His Players For Criticizing His Tactics

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has warned his players that they may regret criticizing his tactics publicly.

Conte, speaking on Friday ahead of their Premier League clash against Crystal Palace, recalls how he was ‘killed’ for slamming his Juventus coach during his playing days.

Following the Blues’ 1-0 defeat at Manchester City, Eden Hazard claimed he could have played for three hours and not touched the ball .

Conte refused to confirm whether he had spoken to Hazard, but did say he once regretted comments he made under his Juve boss, Marcello Lippi.

“I did this when I was a player. We played a game, a massive game against Parma when they were first and we were second. We won 3-1. After the game, there was an international break. During the break I did an interview.

“The journalists asked me if I was happy with the team and this important win. My stupid answer was, ‘We are winning, but I’m not happy because I’m not enjoying the role the coach decided to give me’.

“When I came back to Turin, it was a meeting with Lippi and all the players, and he killed me.

“He killed me in a bad way, not in a soft or kind way. In front of the players.

“He told me it was a lack of respect for my team-mates, first of all, and then for him, the club and the fans. He killed me.

“After training, the club called me. They killed me another time, gave me a big, big fine. And then, in the next game, I didn’t play. I was on the bench against Piacenza.”

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2019 Election: Voting For Buhari In 2019 By Igbos Will Extend The Slavery - Senator Nwosu

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2019 Election: Voting For Buhari In 2019 By Igbos Will Extend The Slavery - Senator Nwosu

A former Minister of Health, Prof. ABC Nwosu has said that vote for President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 by Igbos will lead to an extension of slavery.

Nwosu stated that Igbo presidency would not be achieved if Buhari is voted in 2019.

He said Ndi Igbo voting for APC in 2019 hoping to become president in 2023 will be making the biggest mistake of their lives, adding that this idea will religate them to become second-class citizens in Nigeria.

The former minister stressed that restructuring and presidency is a top priority on Igbos political agenda, hence the need to reject suggestions that Igbos should wait and rule in 2027.

He told Sun, “Ndi Igbo How can the APC where the leadership consisting of President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo, the chairman of Party, Odigie-Oyegun and national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu midwife an Igbo presidency in 2023? How will that happen? It cannot happen. As Chief MKO Abiola asked: How can you shave a man’s hair in his absence?

“The best option for Ndigbo is to look for an alternative where they are represented in the center of power in 2019. Ndi Igbo being represented at the centre as Vice Presidential candidate in 2019 will ensure that they are not dealt out in the backrooms where who shall become president and who becomes vice president are settled. If Ndi Igbo are in an alternative political party that absorbs a third force, this will put them at the center where they will make sure that they are represented.

“They cannot afford to wait till 2027 and so, the northern presidential candidate in this alternative party shall serve out the remaining four years and no more. All those advocating that Ndi Igbo should wait till 2027are enemies of Ndiigbo and consequently, enemies of Nigeria because Ndigbo are nation builders.

“For emphasis, the Igbo ethnic group cannot endure beyond 2023. The restiveness in Igbo land and the neo-Biafra agitations are self-evident and only opportunistic ambitious presidential candidates will fail to see this restiveness. The tenure of the president that will emerge in 2019 must be for years only.

“If Mandela with all his greatness did four years, the next President of Nigeria must do four years and give way in the interest of peace and political stability. This was what the north had expected of President Jonathan in 2015. The rest is history. Ndigbo must avoid like leprosy any presidential candidate whose body language indicates eight years especially those of them who have no views on restructuring which is the topmost Igbo agenda currently.

“For the Igbo, restructuring is top of the agenda. The presidency is second. And good governance can only happen when there is peace and security. Restructuring brings about massive devolution of power and resources from the centre to the federating units and stops the massive roguery at the centre.

“The Igbo position is that there must be devolution and restructuring of Nigeria. Those benefiting from the present unfair structure are the ones resisting restructuring not realizing that they are hurting themselves in the long run.

“The summary is that if Ndigbo vote for APC in 2019, they will be voting themselves into slavery in Nigeria. So, the alternative should be for them to look for a platform that offers only a four-year waiting period, a platform where an Igbo man is at the centre, preferably as the running mate. That’s what the Igbo should be looking for.

“Ndigbo expect that any Nigerian whether from the north, south-west or South-South will show understanding that continuing to exclude a major group in Nigeria from the presidency is wrong and a recipe for political instability.”

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