Workers protest leads to an indefinite closure of institution
According to reports, the protest became intense after the new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ayobami Salam, was appointed.
Obafemi Awolowo University
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The management of the school reached a decision to shut down the school after persistent protest by some of its workers.
Dotun Awoyemo, who is the Registrar of the institution confirmed the news in a telephone conversation with Punch.
He said, “We have shut down the university indefinitely pending the time that we will resolve issues with our workers – Non-academic Staff of University (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (SSANU).”
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“We have asked our newly admitted students to go home and postponed the resumption of old students indefinitely.”
The incident happened a week before students of the university, who had been on a two-month break were to resume.
According to Punch, the protest reached a climax after Prof. Ayobami Salam, was appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of the university.
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