Osun govt, ASUU clash over UNIOSUN VC tenure extension

The Osun State Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, person disagreed implicit the hold of the tenure of the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, Professor Clement Odunayo Adebooye, with the authorities insisting that the determination was made wrong the instrumentality portion the national has faulted the process.

The quality followed Governor Ademola Adeleke’s support of a two-year hold for Prof Adebooye, whose existent tenure, according to the authorities government, remains valid until January 2027.

ASUU subsequently criticised the extension, arguing that it violated provisions of the Universities Miscellaneous Act referenced successful the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement.

The national reached the presumption astatine an Emergency National Executive Council gathering held connected Saturday, September 5, 2026, astatine the Festus Iyayi National Secretariat of the University of Abuja.

A communiqué signed by ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, stated that the national had directed the UNIOSUN subdivision to mobilise its members against a usurpation of the law.

ASUU successful the communique mandated the subdivision to “go backmost and mobilise to respond courageously to the flagrant usurpation of the Miscellaneous Act.”

The national besides resolved to...