Gbeleyi Abayomi
Barely a week after one of the companies of the former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Gotel communications sacked 46 workers , another of his company, The American University of Nigeria, on Monday sacked over 400 staff.
It would be recalled that Gotel Communication, a media outfit belonging to Alhaji atiku abubakar sacked 46 staff on Workers May Day
Sacked letters personally signed by the President of AUN, Dawn Dekle, was seen by SaharaReporters, stating that the university no longer required the services of the affected staff.
According to Sahara reporters, Some of the disengaged workers said they were fired without severance benefits despite serving the university for about 10 years.
However, denying the incident, Vice President, University Relations of the institution, Abubakar Abba Tahir, denied the allegation
He said, “Ask them to show you their disengagement letters.
“Until now, AUN has operated a student-staff ratio which balance had continued to affect the sustainability of the university
“It would not be realistic for AUN to continue to anchor its administrative structure on an over-bloated personnel whose role do not have significant effect on the philosophy of a development university.
“Thus, consequent upon the university’s new Governing Council vote to restructure the institution in line with its agenda for sustainability, a process of workforce rationalisation had been in the pipeline.
“It is now time for the university to look back, look around and look ahead to ensure that realistic and globally competitive administrative practices can be achieved in structure, strategy and focus.
It should however be noted that these latest disengagement’s is coming in the midst of a global health pandemic the corona virus which is ravaging world economy and downsizing isn’t out of place .
On the other side, the disengagement of staff is coming after the PDP Presidential candidate proffered economic solutions on the way out of the doldrums to the federal government.
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