BY   Emeka Mamah
Nsukka—Workers at all levels in the University of Nigeria, UNN, yesterday continued for the second day, their protest at the commodious Freedom Square on Nsukka Campus, calling for the removal of both the Supervisory Minister for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, and the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Bartho Okolo, over alleged maladministration in the institution.

A similar protest is also going on simultaneously at Enugu campus of the university.
As a result of this, all activities, including post-ASUU-strike mop up examinations and project defence for final year students have been grounded in the university.

Lecturers and non-academic workers in university had Wednesday, vowed to continue mass demonstrations on both campuses of the university in Enugu and Nsukka, until the supervisory Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, reinstated chairman of the university’s governing council, Prof. Emeka Enejere.

They also demanded an apology to Prof. Enejere for suspending him without any valid reason.
The university community woke up yesterday to the largest demonstration of members of the university staff since the institution was founded more than half a century ago.

On Wednesday, the workers converged on the Nsukka campus in a spontaneous peaceful demonstration to demand the reinstatement of Prof. Enejere following reports that he had been suspended from his post.

Reasons for Enejere’s removal were not made public but sources told Vanguard that the council had requested for the detailed activities of the university ranging from the management of the NUGA games funds, recruitment of workers (Seniour Special Assistant’s), to award of contracts and general administration.

The council had also, frowned at the creation of the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, DVC, (Academics) and then recommended that the office be scrapped without delay.

Apart from this, the council asked the UNN bursar, Mrs. M.E. Obi and the registrar, Mr. I. A. Okonta, to submit detailed account of their work in the past four years but the bursar reportedly refused to submit her report which led to her suspension by the council. It was suspected that she might have been handling financial matters with Okolo, through the telephone without any written instructions, a situation alleged to been occasioned by the VC’s poor attendance to office.