Nationnewslead report that The Academic Staff Union (ASUP) of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has suspended academic activities over the suspension of Dr. T.A. Odetayo as the institution rector by the Osun State government.
Following the suspension of academic academic activities by the union, many students have staged protests at the campus gate over the ongoing examination in the institution that has been interrupted.
Recall that NATIONNEWSLEAD had yesterday reported that in a statement on Monday signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, M.A.K Jimoh, Dr. Odetayo was suspended following allegations of financial recklessness, corruption, misappropriation of funds, and abuse of office.
The Public Relations Officer of OSPOLY ASUP, Dr. Adeagbo Aderemi confirmed the development that the union is set to hold emergency congress on the incident.
He said that the government did not follow due process before suspending Dr. Odetayo As rector of the institution.
According to him, “There rules and regulations of the land, if you want to suspend a rector of the school, you have to take the due process.
“And all this allegations, I’m getting hold of it for the first time we ought to have been informed, the rector ought to have been informed, and answer some questions as regards that.
“According to the act, the rector can not even spend more than five hundred thousand or one million naira without the approval of the state government.
“So how could he be alleged of such kind of atrocities without the knowledge of the present day government.”
