Sodiq Oyeleke, Ile-Ife
The Registrar of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife , Dotun Awoyemi, has appealed to protesting and striking workers of the institution to sheath their swords.
Awoyemi, during an interaction with our correspondent on Saturday, also insisted that the university authorities can not ask students to resume amidst protest.
While debunking allegations that the students have been asked to resume, Awoyemi alleged that several appeals made to the workers didn't yield result.
It would be recalled that the university authorities shut down the institution on Wednesday and postponed the resumption of students indefinitely.
Non-academic and Senior Staff of the institution had since June 6 embarked on continuous protest and strike over alleged irregularities in the appointment of Prof. Ayobami Salami as new Vice Chancellors of the university among others.
Awoyemi said, "We have made several appeal to them but they haven't stopped. They didn't also attend a meeting expected to hold between us and security agencies. They keep claiming that they don't intend to cause violence but keep holding sticks and blocking roads.
"We cannot ask students to resume amidst protest. The environment is not conducive for learning. Everywhere is dirty and if we use contractors to clean the dirty places, the protesting workers will take sticks there again.
"We don't want violence, it is not our wish to record any casualty. We are ready to dialogue for peace to reign and also plead with parents to join us in appealing to the workers."
He, however, explained that students will be asked to resume as soon as the workers stop protesting.
It would be recalled that workers under the aegis of Non-academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, OAU branches
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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