The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday May 15, 2020 condemned the virtual matriculation exercise organised by the Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Professor Labode Popoola, describing it as a scam.
The Union, which is not happy about the matriculation ceremony conducted by the state university, alleged that the VC was aiming to use the matriculation to get financial favour from the federal government.
The Union stated that its strike action was still on so as to get Federal government commit funds to infrastructure including Information Communication Technology which is central to online delivery mode.
In a release signed by the Ibadan Zonal coordinator of ASUU ,Professor Ade Adejumo, ASUU described the virtual matriculation as a charade.
The Ibadan Zone of ASUU is comprised of University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University, University of Ilorin, Kwara State University and Osun State University.
According to the Union, the University has succeeded in exposing the hapless students whose parents are experiencing non-payment of salaries, amputated salaries, disengagement and rightsizing due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world to be exploited by cybercafé operators.
The University of Osun had conducted virtual matriculation in a ceremony attended by only the principal officers of the institution led by its VC, who stated that the institution would strive to be a 21st century university.
