Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), will soon lose accreditation of over 50 courses related to sciences and technology education owing to sack of over 90 percent duly employed technologists, staff of the institution who were affected by the recent mass sack have claimed.
The staff members, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday and pleaded anonymity for fear of being haunted, also claimed that those of them who were technologists were employed through due process and ought not to be among those axed for irregularities in their employment and credentials.
They further claimed that most touching of the whole saga is the fact that 90 percent of the technologists who were employed for the purpose of accreditation of some science, technology and education related courses, were also sacked. To this end, they raised the alarm that the school will soon lose accreditation if the dismissal was not reversed.
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A staff who spoke on behalf of the technologists, said: “It was a shock to see names of staff with genuine employment process on the list, one of the shock is that all technologists employed for the purpose of accreditation across the university is enlisted.
“These technologists were approved by council in 2016, recruited via written and oral interview and less than 10 % of those interviewed were selected. They were used for NUC and COREN accreditation for over 43 departments across faculties of sciences, educational, agricultural, engineering etc in 2016, 2018 and recently in 2019.
“This made the out gone council to confirm their appointments after two years of service and the present council also promoted the technologists in October, 2019.
To the surprise of the university community, all these technologists who made 90% of the entire technologist in the university were found on the list of those sacked.
“Should this decision stand, what happens to the accreditation the university is currently enjoying, what happens to department and units in sciences, agricultural and engineering who will be without any technologist?
“These and many more questions begging for answers as the mix up in the list throws the entire university community into confusion,” he said.
