JUST IN:OAUSTECH Workers Cause Commotion Over Sacked Workers In Ondo State

Workers of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, OAUSTECH in Okitipupa had hindered a smooth flow of academic activities after the mass sack of workers by the management.

According to a further report, the main gate of the institution was locked by the protesting workers, thereby, preventing free movement into and outside the campus.

Workers barricaded the entrance insisting that their sacked colleagues should be reinstated by the university management.

It was reported that over 20 workers were sacked over irregular appointments.

Their letters of sack were handed over to them on Tuesday.

Speaking with newsmen, one of the protesters, who spoke in confidence, said: “Our sacked colleagues were duly employed, issued appointment letters, did all documentation and had worked in the school for over six months before the university council chairman,

Professor Adesomoju ordered their dismissal on Tuesday.”

Reacting to the sack, the chairman, Joint Action Committee of the institution, Dayo Temola, rejected the sack of the workers.

Temola said: “The unions of SSANU, NASU and NAAT, hereby, reject this mass sack. We woke to the shocking news that over 22 members of staff have been sacked as a result of the University’s Governing Council meeting held on June 20, 2023.”