{"id":130508,"date":"2024-09-10T11:43:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/asuu-kicks-off-protest-against-victimization-of-lecturers"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:00:53","slug":"asuu-kicks-off-protest-against-victimization-of-lecturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-kicks-off-protest-against-victimization-of-lecturers","title":{"rendered":"ASUU kicks off protest against victimization of lecturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Universities today commenced a rally against the dismissal of five lecturers at Lagos State University, Ojo.<\/p>\n<p>The rally commenced at 10 am.<\/p>\n<p>A statement released by ASUU Owerri Zone said the lecturers were illegally dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The union also listed other institutions where its members are facing victimisation, including Kogi State University (KSU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma (AAUE), Edo State, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, and the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads in part, \u201cFellow Nigerian and compatriots, we are disheartened by the deliberate reluctance of the respective university administration governing councils and visitors of the stated universities to halt the spiralling victimisation of academic staff for all standing for truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victimisation suffered by our members ranges from dismissal from service, suspension from duty and statutory meetings, denial of promotion, deliberate seizure of salaries, non-payment of promotion arrears, non-responsibility by seeking the truth, finding the truth, teaching the truth and defending the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASUU is particularly disturbed at the seeming travesty of justice in the judgment delivered against our members at the Kogi State University, Anyigba, after seven years of waiting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities today commenced a rally against the dismissal of five lecturers at Lagos State University, Ojo. The rally commenced at 10 am. A statement released by ASUU Owerri Zone said the lecturers were illegally dismissed. 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