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Contrary to the earliar report that the
strike has been called off! ASUU will but
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After hours of endless waiting by
journalists, leaders of the Academic Staff
Union of University, emerged from the Senate Building of the Federal University
of Technology, Minna, venue of the
National Executive Committee meeting
of the union, to harass the anxious
newsmen.
They shouted repeatedly, “who invited these silly people.”
One of the notable members of the Union
that instructed security men to order the
journalists to leave the building is the
Chairman of ASUU in FUT, Minna, Dr.
Abdulfatai Jimoh, who went ahead to assault the Daily Trust correspondent,
Aliyu Hamagan.
Jimoh had earlier thought Hamagan was
a member of the Union and invited him
to come closer. He then asked, “Who
brought this silly people inside? What are they doing here?”
Hamagan, however, responded, “I am
one of the people you are calling silly. I
will not have you insult us like that.”
Jimoh, on finding out that he was
speaking with a journalist, pushed Hamagan and asked him to leave the
premises, saying, “You people are
intruding, we did not invite you. Get out
of this place now.”
The meeting, which started at about
11.30am and holding in behind closed doors at the Senate Building of the FUT,
Minna, was ongoing at the time of filing
this report at about 7pm.
The scenario took another twist when
members of ASUU NEC LOC emerged to
inform journalists that some of them (ASUU) are not comfortable with the
presence of the pressmen.
Jimoh, who was at this time furious,
threatened the media men, saying
“Anything wey una see, make una
take am like that, because we didn’t invite the media.”
However, there was a disagreement
among the members over the presence
of the media. Some suggested that the
journalists should stay because they
were doing their job, others persisted that “we did not invite them. When we
need them, we will invite them.”
The Vice Chancellor FUT, Minna, Prof.
Musbau Akanji, who got the news that
ASUU assaulted some journalists, rushed
to the venue pleading with the journalists.
“Although, I am not a part of the
meeting, but I am apologising on their
behave because they are in my
territory. This place (FUT, Minna) is a
Federal Government institution, and it is a public place that everybody including
journalists can enter especially when
they are discharging their
responsibilities,” Akanji said. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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strike has been called off! ASUU will but
Check this out!
After hours of endless waiting by
journalists, leaders of the Academic Staff
Union of University, emerged from the Senate Building of the Federal University
of Technology, Minna, venue of the
National Executive Committee meeting
of the union, to harass the anxious
newsmen.
They shouted repeatedly, “who invited these silly people.”
One of the notable members of the Union
that instructed security men to order the
journalists to leave the building is the
Chairman of ASUU in FUT, Minna, Dr.
Abdulfatai Jimoh, who went ahead to assault the Daily Trust correspondent,
Aliyu Hamagan.
Jimoh had earlier thought Hamagan was
a member of the Union and invited him
to come closer. He then asked, “Who
brought this silly people inside? What are they doing here?”
Hamagan, however, responded, “I am
one of the people you are calling silly. I
will not have you insult us like that.”
Jimoh, on finding out that he was
speaking with a journalist, pushed Hamagan and asked him to leave the
premises, saying, “You people are
intruding, we did not invite you. Get out
of this place now.”
The meeting, which started at about
11.30am and holding in behind closed doors at the Senate Building of the FUT,
Minna, was ongoing at the time of filing
this report at about 7pm.
The scenario took another twist when
members of ASUU NEC LOC emerged to
inform journalists that some of them (ASUU) are not comfortable with the
presence of the pressmen.
Jimoh, who was at this time furious,
threatened the media men, saying
“Anything wey una see, make una
take am like that, because we didn’t invite the media.”
However, there was a disagreement
among the members over the presence
of the media. Some suggested that the
journalists should stay because they
were doing their job, others persisted that “we did not invite them. When we
need them, we will invite them.”
The Vice Chancellor FUT, Minna, Prof.
Musbau Akanji, who got the news that
ASUU assaulted some journalists, rushed
to the venue pleading with the journalists.
“Although, I am not a part of the
meeting, but I am apologising on their
behave because they are in my
territory. This place (FUT, Minna) is a
Federal Government institution, and it is a public place that everybody including
journalists can enter especially when
they are discharging their
responsibilities,” Akanji said. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
leaders-assault-journalists-in-minna-
over-strike-report/
