Kogi varsity ejects sacked lecturers from homes, offices

Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba, has inaugurated an eight-member task force to evict disengaged lecturers from their offices and staff quarters.

No fewer than 100 lecturers were sacked by the school, following the directive of Governor Yahaya Bello to dismiss any staff who did not resume after a strike by the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU).


The government, after proscribing the lecturers’ union, insisted that the striking lecturers must return to work or consider themselves out of the school’s employment, The Nation reports.

According to a memo by the Registrar, Y.I Abubakar, the task force will be chaired by Dr. Sanni Mamah.



Other members are Dr. Ogbo Usman (vice chairman), Major M.J. Adama (rtd), Dr. Akoji Ocheja, Dr. Ameh Omede, Dr. O.C Aliyu, Dr. Alla Matthew and Mr. Victor Atoku (secretary).

They are expected to complete the task within a week.