New Lecturers Resume Work At AAUA To Replace Striking Ones

The crisis between the embattled members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU],
Adekunle Ajasin University [AAUA], Ondo state and
their management is now deepened as new lecturers
have been employment to replace the striking
lecturers.
Recall that when DailyPost visited the campus last
Monday, some old lecturers were seen in various
lecture rooms teaching , thinking the AAUA
authorities and the striking workers have agreed to
end the five months old strike.
However, with a statement later issued by the AAUA
ASUU's Chairman, Dr. Meruyi Mekusi, insisting that
they will not call off the strike until their national
body orders them to do so might have forced the
management to recruit new lecturers.
Relatively, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof.
Femi Mimiko, has charged the newly recruited
lecturers to key into the work ethics of the Institution
and always observe the values of the teaching
profession.
Prof. Mimiko, who also enjoined the academics to be
loyal to the University at all times, gave the charge
on Monday last week at the Opening Ceremony of a
two-day orientation programme organized by the
Institution for the new academics.
The VC said, "Our expectations from you on the job
are to be in constant search for knowledge and
devise the innovative way of dissemination. There
must not be mention of you in anything that is not
worthy. Be role models to students and enhance their
moral standard. You must be like counselors to them
at all times. Be shapers of opinions. Engage in
constructive criticism of society. Be solution
generators. Be focused and play a big role in national
development.
"AAUA is a public trust that is dedicated to building
leaders. You must, therefore, be loyal to the system.
We expect you to give to this University an undiluted
loyalty. We just launched AAUA ALWAYS as a new
campaign. The message is that you must think about
this University at all times."
While the VC commended them for being found
worthy of employment after rigorous interviews, he
said that the orientation became necessary to expose
them to AAUA culture.
He said, "This induction is to expose you to our own
peculiar form of pedagogy that we want you to
imbibe and to continue to sustain."
The VC was one of the four resource persons at the
orientation programme and he spoke on "Who is an
Academic?" He said the new intakes were supposed
to teach, engage in research and community service.
Prof. Mimiko urged those among them who were yet
to earn Ph. D. to pursue it vigorously, saying, "For us,
Ph. D. is a must have. Those who are yet to possess
the Ph. D. should know that the most important thing
that we will ask when you get here is, 'How far you
are going in the pursuit of knowledge, leading to the
award of the Ph. D?"
He promised that the University would give them
support to undertake Ph.D. Programme in any
University of their choice.
Other speakers were the Deputy Vice Chancellor,
Prof. Rotimi Ajayi, who spoke on "Academic
Profession in the 21st Century"; Prof. Francis
Oyebade, who examined "AAUA Academic Culture";
and Prof. Niyi Akinnaso, who spoke on "21st Century
Teaching".
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