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Professor of Plant Physiology/Food Chemistry and the Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Odunayo Clement Adebooye has reacted to comments from the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke.
Adebooye dismissed the comment from Osodeke saying state Universities are quacks as unbecoming of a professor.
The UNIOSUN VC described Osodeke as a careless talker who should get educated.
Professor Adebooye said the state university has 481 full-time academic staff and among them, 387 are full-time PhD holders, “this is not a quack.”
TheNewsGuru.com had earlier reported that ASUU president, Professor Osodeke described State Universities as quacks
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Recall that Osodeke while featuring on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show on Friday, called state universities; including Osun State University, Kwara State University, Lagos State University and Kwara State University quacks.
He said “Kwara State University is not a member of ASUU. Osun State University was suspended from ASUU for misbehaviour. We are in court with LASU (Lagos State University) because they sacked all our executives more than five years ago. They were not part of this struggle.”
The UNIOSUN Vice-Chancellor responded to ASUU’s claim while answering questions from journalists at a press conference on Friday; announcing the approval and accreditation of the institution’s bachelor of medicine bachelor of surgery (MBBS) programme by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council (NMDC).
It will be recalled that UNIOSUN started the MBBS programme with the approval of the National Universities Commission in 2012. The programme was discontinued shortly after due to some operational challenges which led to the transfer of the enrolled students to Ukraine by the State Government to complete their programmes.
Adeboye posited that UNIOSUN is a world-class university that boasts good educational facilities.
He said “Between January and August 2022, our academic members of staff have demonstrated the “can do spirit” in research and they have excelled in this world of stiff but healthy competition for research grants. I am glad to inform you we have six grants amounting to about US$300,000 in the last 8 months,” he said this in his address during.
Meanwhile, while reacting to the ASUU president’s statement, the Vice-Chancellor said Osun state university takes very serious exceptions for having mentioned the institution as a quack university and demanded the withdrawal of the statement from Professor Osodeke.
According to him, the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUA), where the ASUU President teaches, does not have UNIOSUN’s achievements.
“ASUU President should go and check my profile, I cannot preside on the quack university. He has expressed his opinion and that is his, the University he teaches does not have our achievements.
“He was here this year and commended the quality of what he saw here, the infrastructure, only a few universities. Osun state university takes very serious exceptions for having mentioned the institution as a quack university.
“He shouldn’t talk about what he doesn’t know if he wants to continue being a true professor. A true professor finds facts and bases of whatever they say, he should get educated, I challenge him to get educated.
“Referring UNIOSUN as a quack university is a careless statement and not expected from ASUU President who is a professor; who must not make a statement without facts.” the VC said.
The National Executive Council of ASUU will meet at Uniabuja on Sunday to deliberate on whether to call off the strike or not.