The Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye has described the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke as a careless talker.
He said by saying universities that are not on strike are ‘quacks,’ the ASUU President has shown he lacks poor understanding of what state universities represent.
Professor Adebooye said the state university has 481 full-time academic staff and among them, 387 are full-time Ph.D. holders, insisting “this is not a quack.”
Adebooye said this today at a press conference in the University Main Campus, Osogbo
Reacting to the ASUU president’s statement, the Vice-Chancellor said Osun State University takes very serious exceptions to being seen as a “quack university.
He demanded the withdrawal of the statement from Professor Osodeke.
According to him, the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUA), where ASUU President teaches, does not have UNIOSUN’s achievements.
“ASUU President should go and check my profile. I cannot preside over a quack university. He has expressed his opinion and that is his. The University where he teaches does not have our achievements.
“He was here this year and commended the quality of what he saw here, the infrastructure. Osun State University takes very serious exceptions for having mentioned the institution as a quack university.
“He shouldn’t talk about what he doesn’t know if he wants to continue being a true professor. A true professor finds facts and bases of whatever they say. He should get educated. I challenge him to get educated.
“Referring to UNIOSUN as a quack university is a careless statement and not expected from ASUU President who is a professor; who must not make a statement without facts.” the VC said.