UNIOSUN Sacked workers ask to be re-instated

Three principal officers whose appointments at
the Osun State University, UNIOSUN, were
recently terminated by the state government
have faulted the action and are asking to be
re-instated, saying they were unduly treated.
The affected staff are Professors Siyan
Oyefeso, Wasiu Gbolagade and Alhaji Fatai
Adebayo Lasisi, the varsity Bursar. They were
among the officers of the varsity including the
Vice-Chancellor, Prof, A B Okesina, who
received various sanctions for their alleged
roles in the crises that rocked the varsity in
recent times.
The state government had, in a white paper on
the report of the visitation panel into the
crises in the varsity, handed down various
sanctions including outright dismissal of the
services of some staff of the institution, which
the affected staff have faulted, saying it failed
all normal norms and asked the state
government to take another look at their
sanctions.
Specifically, they argued that the state
governor, Rauf Aregbesola, may not be privy
to the full content of the various
recommendations contained in the report of
the panel because of the schedule of his
works, alleging that there was a fifth
columnist behind the government white paper
who was out for a purpose.
Threatening to take legal action to seek
redress if the state government refuses to take
another look at their dismissal, the affected
staff said “if Governor Aregbesola critically
goes through the recommendations of the
panel and the government white paper on it,
he would discover that certain elements within
his executive are out on a game plan to
achieve certain purpose for their personal
interest.”

Source: Vanguard