The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yola Zone, has expressed strong disapproval over the dismissal of approximately 120 academics from various universities for participating in the 2021 national strike.
According to ASUU Yola Zone Coordinator, Dr. Dani Mammam, the affected institutions include the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Lagos State University, Ebonyi State University, Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.
Dr. Mammam emphasized that the dismissed lecturers were exercising their right to protest for better working conditions, stressing that such actions are a violation of human rights and academic freedom.
He demanded the immediate reinstatement of the dismissed lecturers and called for the payment of their withheld salaries.
