Osun Assembly orders recall of 36 sacked college lecturers
http://www.gatewaymail.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Governor-State-of-Osun-Rauf-Aregbesola..jpgNIGERIA: OSUN State House of Assembly has recommended the reinstatement of 36 lecturers, who were recently sacked by the Governing Council of the state College of Education, Ila Orangun.
The directive to this effect was contained in a statement made available to GatewayMail in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr. Olatubosun Oyintiloye.
Oyintiloye quoted the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, as giving the order while receiving a Save-Our-Soul message from the leadership of the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress and the Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun Tertiary Institutions.
The speaker assured the lecturers that any of the sacked lecturers, who had a genuine case, would be recalled.
The statement reads: “The intervention of the House has started having positive effect, due to the call for the files alone. The number of affected lecturers in the College of Education, Ila Orangun has reduced from 72 to 36.”
“We can assure you that we will look into the files of the affected staff, ensure that justice is done and make sure that nobody is unjustifiably sacked,” it said.
The statement added: “What we cannot assure you is that all the affected staff would be recalled, because, we all know that we will definitely have some that have committed one offence or the other.”
He said after the review of the cases of the affected employees, appropriate recommendation would be made to ensure justice.
- By Tope Kayode-Adedeji
