2019 presidency: ASUU speaks on endorsing Atiku

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has dismissed reports that it endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the forthcoming presidential election.

Reports had it that Abubakar was endorsed by the leadership of ASUU in Ogun State during a meeting with one of the former Vice President’s campaign Directors, Gbenga Daniel.

However, a statement by the Ogun State branch of ASUU dismissed the report, which they described as an attempt by the PDP to drag the union into partisan politics.

The statement signed by leaders of the Ogun State-based universities including the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, and the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye said they were not part of the meeting endorsing Abubakar.

They, however, stated that members were free to associate with whichever political party they may decide to choose, but should not do so in the name of the union.

The statement, which was signed by the chairmen of the branches, including Joel Okewale, Olatunji Ettu and Adebayo Oni for OOU, TASUED, and FUNAAB reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a news item in the Tribune Online of Wednesday, February 6, 2019, titled; “#NigeriaDecides: Ogun ASUU, Academics Pledge Support For Atiku.

“The said article claimed that members of ASUU along with other stakeholders in the educational sector resolved to work, canvass and mobilise in support of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar to ensure his election in the forthcoming presidential election in February.

“In refuting the involvement of ASUU in the said resolution, we wish to state the following that: ASUU does not operate along the state divide. Therefore, there is no Ogun ASUU, just as there is no ASUU for other states. Our union has a national charter with branches in universities.

“Ogun ASUU is a fabrication, completely nonexistent and a figment of (the) imagination of the newspaper reporter.

“Whilst respecting the interest of individual academics and their political leanings, our union wishes to state categorically that ASUU has no part in the said meeting where the resolution was made and also disclaims the involvement of ASUU in the said resolution.

“ASUU views the use of its name in the newspaper item as a deliberate mischief by the newspaper correspondent who is aware that ASUU has branch executives in each of the public university in Ogun State, and should have verified the news item before publishing.

“For the avoidance of doubt, ASUU states unequivocally that at no time were any of its representatives involved in any political gathering where support was declared for any political party or candidate.

“We, therefore, dissociate ourselves from this extant Tribune Online news and any such mischievous news item. We call on the public to be wary of such news with the intrinsic frivolity and cheap attempt to ride on our Union’s integrity.”

Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-presidency-asuu-speaks-on.html

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