ASUU responds to Osuntokun over ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy
In a massive response approach, the surprising Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has taken on its critics, including Jide Osuntokun, professor emeritus and former Nigerian ambassador to Germany, and ThisDay newspaper columnist Yemi Adebowale. The various rebuttals, put forward by members of the newly formed union’s Rapid Response Team, accused critics of lacking the necessary understanding of the structure and functioning of Nigerian universities. They said that the government’s “No Work, No Pay” policy being pushed by the government is inconsistent with the nature of the lecturers’ work. According to the authors of the rejoinders, Ade Adejumo of Ladoke…
