The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have shut down the institution indefinitely over continuous protests by some of its workers.<\/p>\n
The Registrar of the university, Dotun Awoyemo who confirmed this said the management has decided to shut down the university for the safety of students and staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have shut down the university indefinitely pending the time that we will resolve issues with our workers \u2013 Non-academic Staff of University (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (SSANU).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have asked our newly admitted students to go home and postponed the resumption of old students indefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Old students of the OAU were expected to resume next week after a two-month break.<\/p>\n
Workers of the OAU under the aegis of NASU and SSANU have intensified their protest against non-payment of allowances and alleged imposition of a Vice-Chancellor despite the \u2018no work\u2019, \u2018no pay\u2019 threat by the university\u2019s authorities.<\/p>\n
The protest intensified when the University\u2019s Governing Council announced Prof. Ayobami Salam as the new VC.<\/p>\n
Though the counsel to the university denied the appointment of a new VC at the Osogbo Federal High Court hearing last Friday afternoon, the Governing Council on Saturday officially announced Salami.<\/p>\n
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