ASUU president, Fagge
After hours of endless waiting by journalists,
leaders of the Academic Staff Union of
University, emerged from the Senate Building
of the Federal University of Technology, Minna,
venue of the National Executive Committee
meeting of the union, to harass the anxious
newsmen.
They shouted repeatedly, “who invited these
stupid people.”
One of the notable members of the Union that
instructed security men to order the
journalists to leave the building is the Chairman
of ASUU in FUT, Minna, Dr. Abdulfatai Jimoh,
who went ahead to assault the Daily Trust
correspondent, Aliyu Hamagan.
Jimoh had earlier thought Hamagan was a
member of the Union and invited him to come
closer. He then asked, “Who brought this stupid
people inside? What are they doing here?”
Hamagan, however, responded, “I am one of the
people you are calling stupid. I will not have you
insult us like that.”
Jimoh, on finding out that he was speaking with
a journalist, pushed Hamagan and asked him to
leave the premises, saying, “You people are
intruding, we did not invite you. Get out of this
place now.”
The meeting, which started at about 11.30am
and holding in behind closed doors at the
Senate Building of the FUT, Minna, was ongoing
at the time of filing this report at about 7pm.
The scenario took another twist when members
of ASUU NEC LOC emerged to inform
journalists that some of them (ASUU) are not
comfortable with the presence of the pressmen.
Jimoh, who was at this time furious, threatened
the media men, saying “Anything wey una see,
make una take am like that, because we didn’t
invite the media.”
However, there was a disagreement among the
members over the presence of the media. Some
suggested that the journalists should stay
because they were doing their job, others
persisted that “we did not invite them. When we
need them, we will invite them.”
The Vice Chancellor FUT, Minna, Prof. Musbau
Akanji, who got the news that ASUU assaulted
some journalists, rushed to the venue pleading
with the journalists.
“Although, I am not a part of the meeting, but I
am apologising on their behave because they are
in my territory. This place (FUT, Minna) is a
Federal Government institution, and it is a
public place that everybody including
journalists can enter especially when they are
discharging their responsibilities,” Akanji said.

So who isa that silly individual that said the strike has been called off?