Prof. Olu Obafemi, the most famous poet, playwright, author, and Professor of English and Dramatic Literature speaks at the public lecture/heroes’ day of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the University of Jos.
Wakadaily learnt that, Obaseki the ex President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (2016-2018), developed an experimental tool for revolutionary aesthetics in Africa, symbolizing the plays of second-generation Nigerian and African dramatists.
Convener of the event and Head of the Department of English in UNIJOS, Prof. Jeff Doki, said, “The Chief Host is the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya; Host is Dr Jurbe Molwus, ASUU chairman (UNIJOS Branch) but under the distinguished chairmanship of Prof. Monday Mangvwat, former Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Obafemi speaks on the topic, ‘Government’s Commitment Towards The Funding Of Public Universities In Nigeria: The Past, The Present and The Future.’
Doki noted that asides being a detribalised Nigerian, Obafemi is a man who is eager to set aside the disguises to cover the reality.
He said, “In 2023, when he served as a member of the Re-negotiating team between ASUU and the FGN, he asked the Federal Government to tow the path of honor by finalising the agreement it signed with ASUU in order to bring peace and industrial harmony on university campuses in Nigeria.
“Again, last year during a convocation lecture at the Federal University Lokoja, he decried a situation where the FGN allocates only four per cent of its total budget to the education sector and called on the FGN to pay university staff their withheld salaries.”
He also told the FGN that the dissolution of University Councils is clearly against the spirit and ethics of university autonomy. This is an abundant testimony of the fact that Olu Obafemi is a Comrade Professor.
The event is scheduled for March 22, 2024, at the ASUU Secretariat in the Naraguta Campus of UNIJOS.
