By Bode Olagoke
The University of Abuja Vice Chancellor, Prof. James Adelabu, has described the strike action declared by a section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) UniAbuja branch, as an attempt by members to destroy the institution.
He said there was no basis for the strike action by the lecturers, adding that the University did not owe any of the unions in the school check-off dues as claimed.
Adelabu, who spoke with selected journalists yesterday in Abuja, said the strike action has a political undertone with elements of malice, coming at a time he was already preparing to exit as the vice-chancellor.
He said the leaders of ASUU had been boasting openly that they would embarrass his administration with the strike action for reason he said was best known to them.
He said: “My administration does not owe the ASUU Union a penny. The issue of unpaid check-up dues and others are all tissues of lies told to fool the public. They know I don’t owe them a penny.
“They have been lying that I opened account somewhere and put inside the university’s money and then they started calling me names. How on earth can they do that? They can go to court if they were sure of their fact.”
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