Ooni Meets OAU Management, NASU As Tuesday’s Impending Mess Looks Averted

By Adetula David

 

What vast majority of students have tagged the ‘impending mess’ that may result from the disagreement between the Management of Obafemi Awolowo University and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) may have been averted following the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade in the matter today.

 The members of the NASU had initially threatened to come out in ‘flying colours’ on Tuesday should the Management fail to listen to their demands. This was in reaction to the Circular by the University Registrar directing the Union members to return to their work places next week Tuesday of face disciplinary measures.

The Ooni of Ife in a meeting involving both parties this afternoon (Saturday, 18th July, 2015) sued for peace after listening to the University Management whose team was led by the Vice Chancellor himself and also the NASU led by her Chairman, Comrade Wole Odewumi.

 Comrade Odewumi confirmed the Union’s meeting with Ooni  of Ife to OAU Peeps News Agency tonight and he said he has promised to take the King’s message to his members on Tuesday during their Congress.

 “We’ve been there... Ooni begged us to be patient that the money has not been released by the Federal Government... We told them that we are not saying whether Government gave them money or the Government did not give them money. Where they got the money to implement the ones they have been paying, the responsibility allowance, they should find means of getting the same money that will cater for the generality of workers.”

When asked if the NASU is now ready to back down and shift ground considering Ooni’s  plea, he said he has already called a Congress and he will relay the plea to his members. He however maintained that the Vice Chancellor has not changed his tone as he insists on disciplinary measures should the NASU fail to obey the directive issued out some days ago.

 The University’s position since the NASU members started their demonstrations has been that the Federal Government is yet to remit the fund required to pay the NASU members and as such, no means to meet their demand.

With this, no substantial position can be inferred as relating to the fate of students should they return to campus on Tuesday as announced by the school authority but considering the status of the intervener, many believe the NASU is most likely to shift ground. The Students’ Union has however promised to come forth with a position after they get the briefing from the meeting of the Management and the NASU with Ooni of Ife. The Union leaders had earlier met with the NASU leadership earlier today on the same issue.

OAU Post-UTME Update

By Gracious Egedegbe

Despite the appalling reputation of Obafemi Awolowo University of being a school prone to frequent strike actions, thousands still register and sit for the university's post utme. This year does not promise to be an exception as many have sought for forms to register. Among these are predegree students who really have to sit for the examination before they are given admission.
Several dates have been speculated, the most rampant and recent being the 8th and 22nd of August 2015. However, the school website, at the time of compiling this report, had nothing relating to the sales of Post Utme forms. This comes as predegree students prepare to write their final examinations from the 21st to 25th of July.
It is advised that prospective students stay calm and wait for the school to officially announce the sales of form rather than risk falling into the hands of dubious people.

Stay glued to oaupeeps.com for more updates.

A Careful Peep At OAU NASU And School Management

By Emmanuel Kayode

Under the big banner of my personal nefelibata as I would love to put it, I would love to make a peep beyond the common rain that is pelting which has sent many back inside their various houses. Although there are others with me here with some cover of different looks covering

their heads to see the real intentions behind the rain that keeps roaring this mean on OAU ground.

The federal government is the rain cloud, NASU is the rain that pelts persistently now - pattering the face of the OAU ground bigly the ways it feels like and the ground that entertakes the rain is the OAU administration and or ASUU by extension. The students, they seem to never have existed at all afore in the drama but they are bearing much of the brunt somehow. The blows exchanged twixt the nada visible bodies take better surfaces on the faces of the students whether they

know it now or not.  Therefore, should Nasu keep on with all this, the school administration has the ground to gulp all their efforts very fine without a titch bruise on their fine faces but the students have no much or such bases. We have students that have just resumed that have not gone far with their outlines, some are in their final session andn for the fact that no one wants to spend all their tiny times in the world in some varsity, they want to finish and go practise in the real world; it disheartens when 4 sessions when calculated in the end turns out to be 6 or 5, 7 because of strikes, necessary and unnecessary ones.

There are out-going students whose results have not been released till date, how would they make their ways out to meet the requirements for NYSC program that is kind of mandatory in this state. I spoke with an alumna who is not a full one yet, a law student, he said what is delaying them - law students, now is some results that have not yet been released. I do not think releasing them will be easy now when things are not functioning fine even when it was, it was not so what do you expect? Students bear the pains too not just the Nasu staffs, if not the bigger cut of it. Yes, am much concerned about the students, I would not be if they are not the future of tomorrow. If things keep on going this manner over and over then where on earth is there future we bloviate about? Under this umbrella of mine in the heavy rain that keeps getting mean further and further I would love to use the lib I have earned under the constitution of this country to divulge the resolves I have garnered having a deep peep behind the mean pitter-pattering rain happening this mean: Nasu need there allowances and need it now because they have been hoodwinked by the federal Government and the school administration or management this far, the Vice Chancellor is beginning his long term leave soon which will be sequelled with the incoming of a new one sooner this season or in the next and if they

are not answered receiving it in the future might be hard to experience, majority of them leave on loan and it is this allowance thing they receive that usually help them up when the salary has been cut to few thousands of naira, the believe the school has the money but that it has been bagged into some privy account and lastly, it is going about in the disguise perhaps of rumour that the money was

hauled into one of the accounts of one of the big heads at the senate. The rain now is becoming much more angrier in the face and my umbrella has all ready lost its stance, lest I pretend to further having more peep at the powering force behind this ceaseless rain, that irked-up thunder approaching does its tearing thing by having me turn to naught.

There goes an ana that, '' big beasts no matter how tactical and crazy they dance vying, should they hold down the snail that always move on its lahar next to their cold noses and not lose their tails''. The school management has called back students to resume halls of residence on the 21st July. NASU said "we have not started anything, we are just beginning". Students are sore-confused.

Management Will See Us In Flying Colours On Tuesday –NASU OAU

By Adetula David

In reaction to the Circular issued by the management of Obafemi Awolowo University directing members of the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) to resume work on or before next week Tuesday, the Union has said the management will get a desired response very early on Tuesday morning.

Aggrieved by the direction of the university management, the NASU chairman, Comrade Wole Odewunmi has ruled out the possibility of his members resuming back to work on Tuesday if the Management does not accede to their demands. In a telephone chat with our correspondent, Comrade Odewunmi asserts the NASU’s position as situation currently stands.

“Our reaction to it (Circular) will come next week Tuesday by the grace of God as early as possible because we have got the paper and we have prepared our own too.

“There is nothing of such (possibility of compliance to the management’s directive). On Tuesday morning, as early as possible, the University authority will see the NASU in flying colours... They will see us in flying and thick colour.

“I can promise you that on Tuesday morning, in this school, they will know that the NASU is part and parcel of this university.”

Comrade Odewunmi also denied reports that the NASU OAU has written to the Federal Government on the matter. According to him, the Union wants to exhaust all means to get to the desired point.

The NASU Chairman also confirmed their meeting with the Ooni of Ife. He said the meeting with Ooni allowed them to concede power and water supplies for 3 days. Comrade Odewunmi further denied reports credited to the University Public Relations Officer, Mr Biodun Olanrewaju that the Police dismantled their barricade. He said his members never mounted any barricade since they returned from the meeting with Ooni of Ife and as such no barricade was dismantled.

With this, the NASU seems not to have subscribed to the same page with the management yet. The question on the lips of many Great Ife students since the news of resumption date announcement filtered out has been; will lectures really resume on Tuesday when the NASU is yet to be settled? Tuesday is about four (4) days away from now.

OAU Peeps News Agency Says Barka de Sallah

The entire management and team of OAU Peeps News Agency hereby congratulate the entire muslim community on the successful completion of their fast as Ramadan, the holy month, comes to an end.

Barka de Sallah.

OAU Management Berates NASU, Orders Members Back To Work

By Adetula David

The Obafemi Awolowo University authority has described the recent demonstrations by members of the Non Academic Staff Union, NASU over their unpaid 64 months accumulated allowance as ‘total disregard for constituted authority’ and ‘recalcitrant’ and thereby directed them to resume work.

In a Circular signed by the University Registrar, D. O. Awoyemi, the university management has expressed dissatisfaction over the continued demonstrations by the NASU stating that despite several appeals, meetings and entreaties to the Union by the University Management, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, the University Governing Council and the Oni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, the NASU executives have refused to show understanding. The University management has also described their absence from work during their protests as illegal.

Members of the NASU have however been directed in the same Circular to return to their duty posts on or before Tuesday, 21st July, 2015. Failure to comply with this directive, the University authority has vowed to take appropriate disciplinary measures against erring members.

Efforts to reach the Chairman of the NASU, Comrade Odewunmi to know the current position of the NASU proved not too fruitful as he was on the wheel while we called in. We promised to call him back.

It will be recalled that members of the NASU started the agitation for the payment of their 64 months earned allowances since Friday, July 3 thereby disrupting academic, administrative and economic activities within the University community.

Breaking News: OAU Management Announces Resumption Date

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo has announced the resumption date of the 2014/2015 Harmattan mid-semester break. The resumption has been stated for Tuesday, 21st July, 2015.