In a bid to ensure lasting peace in the University, the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is set to re-absorb the 23 sacked members of staff of the University.
The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the 91st Meeting of the Governing Council, held recently, at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja and signed by the Acting Registrar and Secretary to Council, Mr. Obafemi Oginni.
According to a Press Release dated December 15, 2016 signed by the Head, Directorate of Public Relations of the institution, Emi’ Alawode, the Council directed that the affected staff to forward a Letter of Appeal to the Acting Registrar’s office between Friday, December 16 and Monday, December 19, 2016.
Resolutions reached at the meeting, also include the constitution of the Council Committee to Investigate the Lingering Industrial Unrest and Tension in the University.
The committee is to receive appeals from aggrieved members of staff, investigate and identify the remote and immediate causes of the unrest and tension, as well as identify the institutional and structural factors responsible for the unrest.
Other responsibility of the committee include; to identify any other predisposing factors to the unrest, to recommend immediate measures for rectifying the current situation, to recommend lasting measures and strategies for conflict-resolution in the University, to make any other recommendations, which may be germane to the maintenance of order and good governance in the University and to ascertain the culpability of persons and groups in the crisis and to propose appropriate sanctions and deterrence for such persons and groups so identified.
The Governing Council also directed all other staff on industrial action to resume at their duty posts immediately.
The council also enjoins all parties to withdraw all civil cases in the courts to allow the Council Committee to function properly.