FACTUAL NIJA NEWS reports that several media platforms were flooded
with reactions to purported assertion by the ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel
Osodeke that state universities are quack and should not be taken seriously.
Recall that Professor Osodeke had on Thursday appeared on
Arise TV where he addressed some issues regarding the ongoing
industrial action embarked upon by ASUU over six months ago.
Speaking about some State universities that recently pulled
out of the struggle, the ASUU president said, “talk about important
universities not those quacks. They’re not part of our strike”.
The development has triggered backlash from some State
universities and concerned Nigerians who lambasted the ASUU president for
allegedly naming State universities ‘quack’.
Recall that the Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University
(UNIOSUN), Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye while reacting to the report
yesterday, described ASUU president as a careless talker by saying
universities that are not on strike are ‘quacks’.
Professor Adebooye said the State university has 481
full-time academic staff and among them, 387 are full-time Ph.D. holders, “this
is not a quack.”
However, speaking on Saturday, the ASUU president debunked
the report saying he was misquoted by the media.
According to Osodeke, he was referring to only three
universities owned by State governments which are currently not on strike.
Describing the report as fake, Osodeke lamented
unprofessionalism in reportage, alleging that the media aimed at creating
confusion in the system.
He said, “There is nothing like that. It is a lie. I have
told myself that I will not talk to the press again because they always
misrepresent things.
“I have found out that Nigerian press is specialized in manipulating interviews, reporting what someone did not say just to create confusion in the system. They won’t report things the way it is”.
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