A student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), who was asthmatic, lost his life due to the ongoing industrial action by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), officials have said.
The management of the university, led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Tajudeen Opoola, alongside other top principal officers, disclosed this while addressing journalists.
Mr Opoola said that the asthmatic student died because he could not immediately access medical care, as the university had been put under lock and key.
The management accused SSANU of complicity in the total shutdown of activities in the institution, noting that some universities did not shut down like FUOYE.
He said, “Our own chairman was the one who gave false information to the national president. Since he gave the impression that he had been beaten and harassed, the national president allegedly directed the leadership of their unions in Ondo, Osun and Kwara to proceed to FUOYE to rescue the chairman and occupy and enforce total shutdown.
It was reported that the deputy vice-chancellor warned that the management would not fold its arms and allow the breakdown of law and order under the guise of strike action.
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