News came in this afternoon that the Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed indefinitely its National Executive Meeting over the death of its Ex-President Professor Festus Iyayi yesterday. This news was greeted with shock and disbelief by students in Nigeria.
Vanguard reports:
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Wednesday suspended indefinitely its National Executive Council meeting over the sudden death of its former national President, Prof. Festus Iyayi who died in a fatal auto-crash along Lokoja – Abuja federal Highway Tuesday.
Prof. Festus Iyayi, died after the vehicle he was travelling in had a head-on collision with a security vehicle attached on the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Ichala Wada at a village near Lokoja .
Iyayi was on his way to Kano for the National Executive Council meeting.
National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasiru Fagge told reporters in Kano that “we are compelled to postponed this meeting in the light of the sudden death of one of our strongest pillar who died yesterday”
Dr. Nasiru Fagge said that “as you can see for yourself, we are mourning the departure of this great scholar and you would agree with me that in this circumstance we cannot look at issues objectively”.
Dr. Fagge described his late colleague as a ‘strong pillar of the union’, stressing that “this is great loss to the entire country”.
Information
gathered from a reliable source says that Iyayi’s death causes ASUU to
postpone NEC meeting to January 15th, 2014. - See more at:
http://gistreel.com/2013/11/13/asuu-strike-update-asuu-postpones-nec-meeting-to-january-152014-due-to-iyayis-death/#sthash.QuLreNuy.dpuf
It was reported that they were on the way to Bayero University Kano, where the decision was to be taken when his vehicle and one of the vehicles in the convoy of Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada (Rtd) collided.
Information gathered from a reliable source says that Iyayi’s death causes ASUU to postpone NEC meeting to January 15th, 2014.
Iyayi who was in company of Benin Zonal coordinator of the union, Dr. Sunny Iyalo; the National welfare officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo and University of Benin chairman of ASUU, Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina was the only one that died as Ilo was badly injured and presently receiving treatment in Lokoja General Hospital.
The remaining two only escaped with minor wounds. Eye witnesses said this ill-fated accident happened at Banda, a village close to Lokoja and neither the government nor any of the vehicles in his convoy stopped to check what had happened. Although the Special Adviser to Kogi State governor on Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi denied the accusation claiming that he did not only stop at the scene but also ordered the medical personnel in the ambulance in the convoy to attend to the victims
- See more at: http://gistreel.com/2013/11/13/asuu-strike-update-asuu-postpones-nec-meeting-to-january-152014-due-to-iyayis-death/#sthash.QuLreNuy.dpuf
Information gathered from a reliable source says that Iyayi’s death causes ASUU to postpone NEC meeting to January 15th, 2014.
Iyayi who was in company of Benin Zonal coordinator of the union, Dr. Sunny Iyalo; the National welfare officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo and University of Benin chairman of ASUU, Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina was the only one that died as Ilo was badly injured and presently receiving treatment in Lokoja General Hospital.
The remaining two only escaped with minor wounds. Eye witnesses said this ill-fated accident happened at Banda, a village close to Lokoja and neither the government nor any of the vehicles in his convoy stopped to check what had happened. Although the Special Adviser to Kogi State governor on Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi denied the accusation claiming that he did not only stop at the scene but also ordered the medical personnel in the ambulance in the convoy to attend to the victims
- See more at: http://gistreel.com/2013/11/13/asuu-strike-update-asuu-postpones-nec-meeting-to-january-152014-due-to-iyayis-death/#sthash.QuLreNuy.dpuf
As expected, the death of one time ASUU president Prof. Festus Iyayi has paused the decision making process.
Iyayi who before his death was the Head of the department of Business
Administration, University of Benin and also one of negotiating team of
ASUU.
It was reported that they were on the way to Bayero University Kano, where the decision was to be taken when his vehicle and one of the vehicles in the convoy of Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada (Rtd) collided.
Information gathered from a reliable source says that Iyayi’s death causes ASUU to postpone NEC meeting to January 15th, 2014.
Iyayi who was in company of Benin Zonal coordinator of the union, Dr. Sunny Iyalo; the National welfare officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo and University of Benin chairman of ASUU, Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina was the only one that died as Ilo was badly injured and presently receiving treatment in Lokoja General Hospital.
The remaining two only escaped with minor wounds. Eye witnesses said this ill-fated accident happened at Banda, a village close to Lokoja and neither the government nor any of the vehicles in his convoy stopped to check what had happened. Although the Special Adviser to Kogi State governor on Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi denied the accusation claiming that he did not only stop at the scene but also ordered the medical personnel in the ambulance in the convoy to attend to the victims
- See more at: http://gistreel.com/2013/11/13/asuu-strike-update-asuu-postpones-nec-meeting-to-january-152014-due-to-iyayis-death/#sthash.QuLreNuy.dpuf
It was reported that they were on the way to Bayero University Kano, where the decision was to be taken when his vehicle and one of the vehicles in the convoy of Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada (Rtd) collided.
Information gathered from a reliable source says that Iyayi’s death causes ASUU to postpone NEC meeting to January 15th, 2014.
Iyayi who was in company of Benin Zonal coordinator of the union, Dr. Sunny Iyalo; the National welfare officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo and University of Benin chairman of ASUU, Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina was the only one that died as Ilo was badly injured and presently receiving treatment in Lokoja General Hospital.
The remaining two only escaped with minor wounds. Eye witnesses said this ill-fated accident happened at Banda, a village close to Lokoja and neither the government nor any of the vehicles in his convoy stopped to check what had happened. Although the Special Adviser to Kogi State governor on Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi denied the accusation claiming that he did not only stop at the scene but also ordered the medical personnel in the ambulance in the convoy to attend to the victims
- See more at: http://gistreel.com/2013/11/13/asuu-strike-update-asuu-postpones-nec-meeting-to-january-152014-due-to-iyayis-death/#sthash.QuLreNuy.dpuf
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