Flood has caused significant damage at the University of Ibadan, destroying books, foodstuffs, and other essential materials.

The flood, on Friday, wreaked havoc in the university community and destroyed property worth millions of naira.

Among property destroyed were documents and other valuables.

The PUNCH investigations on Saturday morning revealed that the property were destroyed by floods that submerged some hostels of the institution.

A student of the institution, who preferred anonymity, said, “The most affected hall of residence is Awo Hostel where about 16 rooms in the underground floor were completely submerged with students’ property floating on the water.”

Another source said, “The students’ foodstuffs, documents and property, especially those that went for examinations were destroyed.

“The flood took over students’ rooms, toilets, kitchens and all the entrances to their hostel.

“The flood took over my friend’s room, and destroyed everything she has, including the ones in her cupboard.”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it.

Prof. Timothy Namo, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos.

Namo said that the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, issued a 21-day ultimatum.

”As we speak, the government has not honour any of the agreements or addressed our concerns.

”At the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum, we again issued another 14-day ultimatum that commenced from Sept. 23.

”So, we want Nigerians to blame the federal government if ASUU decides to down tools and shut down public universities,” he said.

Namo highlighted the lingering issues, nonconclusion of the re-negotiation of the 2009 agreement, non-release of the three-and-half month salaries of academic staff, unpaid salaries of all academic staff on adjunct appointment, and outstanding third-party deductions.

Other lingering issues he said were poor funding for the revitalisation of public universities, non-payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) as captured in the 2023 budget, proliferation of universities, and nonimplementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities, among others.

Afolabi Adeola has been appointed as the chief medical director (CMD) of the UniOsun Teaching Hospital in Osogbo.

Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the state’s media spokesperson, said Ademola Adeleke, the governor, approved the appointment in Osogbo.

Adeola is a medical practitioner and entrepreneur.

The appointee, Rasheed said, is one of the nine applicants screened by a panel the governor had constituted for that purpose.

The members of the committee include the chair of the Osun State Civil Service Commission Mufutau Oyeleke Oluwadare, chair of the Osun Health Insurance Scheme Muyiwa Oladimeji, and the chair of the Osun State Hospitals Management Board Kingsley K. Akinroye.

The applicants screened are Afolabi Adeola Babatunde, Adekanle Adebode Daniel, Adebami Joseph Olusegun, Adeleke Ajao Najeemdeem, Oyeniran Olaolu Ayodeji, Esimai Olapeju, Fadiora Olufemi Solomon, Adebayo Olaide Kazeem, and Akindokun Samson Segun.

Afolabi Babatunde Adeola was born on December 22, 1972, in Inisha, Osun and hails from Ekosin in Odo Otin LGA.

He obtained his medical degree from the University of Ilorin (1990-1998) and completed his residency training at the then LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo.

He is a fellow and examiner of the West African College of Physicians and member of the National Postgraduate Medical College.

He has held various leadership positions at Osun State University Teaching Hospital, including casualty officer, accident and emergency; chief resident, family medicine; head of department, family medicine; and head of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Afolabi is a member of several prestigious professional organisations including the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), and the West African College of Physicians (WACP).