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ADVERTISEMENT …he responded that history shows that ASUU demands have not been just for the welfare of members but also for a general improvement of conditions in the universities in the interests of the students and beyond. He noted that ASUU also frequently addresses the conditions of underdevelopment in the country…  Tough questions were posed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) president, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, during the Toyin Falola Interview Series held on April 25. The hard grilling started with Professor Labode Popoola, Vice Chancellor of the Osun State Unive...

Abiodun Ogunyemi and the Politics of Higher Education in Nigeria, By Toyin Falola Abiodun Ogunyemi stands out as one of the union leaders whose contributions, no matter how heavily criticised, deserve a high level of attention. Having received his education when Nigeria was test-running its political competence in terms of how it can bring about maximum transformation to the lives of the people who were governed, Ogunyemi unquestionably developed a critical sense of responsibility to his professional career and society. The socio-political conditions of the time helped shape his ideological c...

Abiodun Ogunyemi: Brainpower and Political Activism, By Toyin Falola This productive professor has shown that quality education is not negotiable. Teachers like Ogunyemi are undeniably seers, and their projections into the future are not based on conjecture but valid conclusions aided by the accumulation of facts and an objective process of interrogation. For an educationist, two things occupy the cardinal position of their intellectual campaign: advocacy for a vibrant social environment and the development of fertile minds to enhance it. Among the arrays of intellectual gifts for which Afric...

Channels Television   Updated January 12, 2021 File photo: ASUU National President, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, speaks during his appearance on Sunrise Daily on November 9, 2020.   The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday insisted Nigerian universities are not ready to re-open in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed universities to resume academic activities on January 18. But ASUU is asking the federal government to review the decision, as more COVID-19 cases continue to be reported across the co...

Views: Visits 17 File photo: ASUU National President, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, speaks during his appearance on Sunrise Daily on November 9, 2020. The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday insisted Nigerian universities are not ready to re-open in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed universities to resume academic activities on January 18. But ASUU is asking the federal government to review the decision, as more COVID-19 cases continue to be reported across the country On Monday, the Nige...