The Osun State Government has constituted a seven-man investigative panel to look into the suspension of Osun State Polytechnic Rector Tajudeen Odetayo and find means of resolving it.
Dr Odetayo was on Monday, July 24, 2023, suspended by the state government on allegations of maladministration.
He was subsequently replaced by Kehinde Alabi as Acting Rector.
The next day, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, led by Dr Fatai Afolabi, suspended academic activities and called on the state government to reinstate Odetayo.
Also, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics led by Olatunji Okunola, backed the suspension of academic activities by ASUP.
While addressing the panel shortly after their inauguration during a meeting with the management of the school, Commissioner for Education Dipo Eluwole charged them to do a thorough job.
Eluwole then advised all striking unions to return to work pending the result of the investigative panel.
“Governor Adeleke is a man who is objective and assured all unions involved that the panel will surely come up with decisions that will be for the benefit of all involved.
“I plead with all stakeholders involved to go back to their duties and call off all their strike actions stating that the present administration is an administration that listens to all,” he stated.
