SET BACK FOR ASUU AS FORMER NATIONAL PRESIDENT DIES

Former National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, died in an accident involving a vehicle in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) yesterday. The popular academic, writer and activist was on his way to Kano to participate in today's National Executive Council Meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) to discuss the position of its over 50 branches on the offer made to the union by the Federal Government. The meeting has been postponed due to his death.  He was 66. May his soul rest in peace.