A group which described itself as concerned lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) has urged the national body of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to dissolve the ASUU-LASU chapter executives.
While calling on the national body to order a fresh election urgently, they argued that the tenure of the present ASUU-LASU executive had expired since March 2018.
Speaking on behalf of the group led by 13 professors and some past executive members of ASUU-LASU, Professor Adeleke Fakoya said: ‘’The tenure of the present ASUU-LASU executive had lapsed since March 2018 and therefore charged the national body to order a fresh election.’’

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According to him, the present ASUU-LASU executives were unwilling to conduct fresh election based on the false premise that ASUU constitution forbade conduct of an election in chapters having a crisis.
He said: “The current executive members of the union are continually engaged in acts injurious to ASUU’s global integrity, members morale and the future education in the university. ‘’The present ASUU-LASU executive has used the excuse of Oyewunmi’s dismissal to perpetrate fraud, deceit and illegality.
“Every person who has been to LASU in the last three years sees and knows that what these Exco members call trouble or problem in LASU are indices of growth and development.
“The present and immediate past ASUU-LASU exco members have lost consciousness of the principal goal of the union, which is to promote staff welfare.
“ In the last three to six years, their main agenda has been to cause the downfall of members who hold a contrary opinion on matters of mutual concern.’’
The lecturers also complained that the attendance of members at ASUU-LASU congress in the last three years had dropped significantly.
He continued, “With a membership of over 700, hardly do we have as many as 50 members at any meeting. Sometimes, we have as few as 20 members to take critical decisions on behalf of 700.
“ Members disinterest in the meetings called by the present and immediate executive members is as a result of the caustic disposition of these exco members, as contained in their unbecoming utterances, uncouth publication and extremely ill-mannered behaviour.
“Our national body is the only body we recognise as truly upholding the dream of the average Nigerian as far as education is concerned and we solely stand by the national body on account of excellent leadership.
“ We love our union and are committed to its unity, vitality and effectiveness, so much that we will like to see quick healing of the union.
In his reaction, Dr Tony Dansu, ASUU-LASU Secretary, described the allegations as trumped-up charges against the present executives.
He explained that ASUU-LASU, just like any other chapter, would not have control over the finances of the union.
Dansu said ASUU national was in control of the finances of the chapter and auditing its account on a quarterly basis, while the reports had always been presented during various congresses.
“ The record of how money is spent is available in the union’s secretariat and so this is a serious lie against the executive.
“If anything is questionable, the ASUU national auditors would have queried us and we will have been disenfranchised from attending NEC meeting, but for five years now, we have consistently attended NEC meetings.’’