Following an alleged misconduct of Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN), AOCOED branch, the Governing Council of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) has decided that a punitive action be meted out to the Union’s leadership.
The Union, according to an announcement made on Friday 23rd August, 2019, will cease to exist, effective from Monday 26th August, 2019, on the institution’s campus.
As stated in the announcement, the punitive action would affect the chairman of SSUCOEN – AOCOED, Comrade Wunmi Ombugadu, her secretary and assistant secretary Mrs. Afis Adebayo and Afolabi Oladipo respectively, for failing to appear before the Council’s disciplinary panel over an alleged misconduct.
It was reported that the refusal of some members of SSUCOEN to carry out an assignment given to them by the Council, owing to the warning of their leadership, which restrained them from carrying out the said assignment, led to the issuance of a query to the erring SSUCOEN members to appear before the Council’s disciplinary panel, a directive SSUCOEN leadership flaunted.
Reacting to the announcement, Ombugadu said that the affected members, including herself, are prepared to receive their sack letters.
“We are very much aware of the rumours and we are prepared,” Ombugadu noted.
She thereby vowed that SSUCOEN would not bow to intimidation and oppression of its leadership.
In a swift response however, AOCOED Registrar, Mr Muhideen Shehu Abdul-Quadri, said SSUCOED leadership erred by inciting its members against the Council.
“In the past, some other members of staff had been invited by the disciplinary committee. However, a query was given to certain leaders of the union and they felt because they hold leadership position in the union, they are not entitled to appear before the panel,” he said.
“Initially, they brought the matter to management but we said it was beyond us and they should meet the Council. At the level of the management, they had apologised and we have forgiven them. The onus is on the Council which has the prerogative to withdraw the charges or not,” he added.
