Massive sack has rocked ESUT with several lecturers in the school
relieved of their duties without any official explanation from the
school’s management.
The authorities of the Enugu State University of Science and
Technology (ESUT), Enugu has sacked 153 lecturers from its employ,
according to the Tribune.
Although no official reason was given for the exercise, but it was
gathered that the sack, which also affected a Professor and a Reader cut
across various departments in the university.
A statement announcing the sack dated November 23 and signed by the
Registrar, Leonard Khama, and made available to Tribune Online, said: “I
am directed to inform you and you are hereby informed that the
university is presently not positioned to employ you.
“You should, therefore, hand over university property in your
possession to the Head of Department. If, however, your services are
required in the future by the university, you will be informed
accordingly.”
The affected staff are currently bewildered as they are said not to have any knowledge of the reason behind the sack.
Briefing newsmen in Enugu, yesterday, on the development, some of the
affected lecturers, who spoke under the aegis of the ‘Disengaged
Members of Staff of ESUT,’ noted their ugly experiences, saying that it
was unjustifiable for the university to employ them in a bid to get
accreditation from the National Universities Commission, NUC, only to
dismiss them after seven months without pay.
“In spite of the huge debts we have incurred in the process of living
up to our responsibilities and keeping our jobs, no salary was paid to
any of us between February and this month when we were employed,” they
said.
According to the lecturers, they were employed because of the consistent refusal of the NUC to accredit most courses in ESUT.
“The fruit of our employment have been felt in the vacuum we filled
in classes and other academic exercises, but most evidently ,we were
used to get full NUC accreditation for many departments in the
university,” they added.
Tribune
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