Mr. Olusegun Ajiboye, the Chairman of the University
of Ibadan (UI) branch of the union, declared this in Ibadan on December 22,
2013, Sunday after a thanksgiving service at the Chapel of Resurrection to mark
a peaceful end of the strike.
Mr. Ajiboye also corrected the erroneous impression
that the N200 billion deposited in Central
Bank of Nigeria was released to ASUU.
He said, rather, the funds would be released to the
universities’ managements and their governing councils to address peculiar
challenges identified in the needs assessment report on universities across the
country.
Mr. Ajiboye noted that it was incumbent upon the union
to strive to ensure the funds were used for the right purposes, having been at
the forefront of fighting for its injection into the university. He also tasked
the Federal Government to always be responsive to the needs of Nigerians, and
not wait till it was compelled to.
At Sunday’s service a
special prayer was offered for the families of the late Festus Iyayi and
students who lost their lives during the strike.
T.O Olatunji, the Chaplain of the Chapel, challenged
ASUU his short sermon to forge ahead in the fight for a better knowledge
acquisition environment by ensuring that the monies released were well managed
and used for the needs of the universities.
“There is no victor, no vanquish. Forgive those who
did not support you or supported you half way. Make sure that the money
released is used for that which it was released to do,” the Cleric said.
It would be noted that the
thanksgiving events commenced with a Jumat service at the university mosque on
December 20, 2013, Friday.
The Church service was attended by
the Vice Chancellor Isaac Adewole, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Idowu
Olayinka, Director of Distance learning programme Bayo Okunade, while the ASUU
team was led by Mr. Ajiboye and the National Treasurer of ASUU Ademola
Aremu.
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