GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello, of Kogi State, on Wednesday, July 19, announced the proscription of the state chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, at Kogi State University, with immediate effect.

Bello made announcement on Wednesday after an emergency state Executive Council meeting, saying the decision to proscribe the union became necessary following the university teachers’ resolve to continue their six months strike.

He said: “Throughout last week, I undertook a tour of the tertiary institutions in Kogi State, with a view to having first- hand information about the problems in the schools. But while others have since resumed, lecturers in Kogi State University have refused to call off their strike.

“As a government, we have fulfilled over 90 percent of their demand and have even gone a step further to pay all outstanding salaries of both cleared and uncleared staff including those that had committed one crime or the other.”

Daniel Aina, acting chairman of ASUU, Kogi State University chapter, had earlier sent notice of postponement of a press conference slated for the union’s secretariat in Ayingba to Thursday, July 20.

It was not clear at press time the conference would still hold.

—  Jul 19, 2017 @ 15:10 GMT