UNIOSUN Reopens After Being Shut Down Following Protest By Staff Unions

The Senate of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has approved the resumption of academic activities four days after it was shut down indefinitely as a result of protest but some staff unions in the university.

The Registrar and Secretary to Governing Council of the University, Mr Gafar Adebayo Shittu in a press statement disclosed that the Senate of the University reviewed the circumstances surrounding the closure of the University on Monday 28 May, 2018 and approved the reopening of the university for academic activities on Monday 04 June, 2018.

The Chairman of Non-Academic Staff Union, UNIOSUN branch, Comrade Isaiah Fayemi told Daily Trust that the Director of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) had a meeting with the leaders of staff unions and that the chairmen of three staff unions signed a document bothering on maintaining peace, law and order on the campus.