By our Reporter
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke is the newly-elected National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
He emerged at the National Conference following the end to the tenure of Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi.
Osodeke has said the struggles of the union for better funding of the sector and treatment of his members will continue during his tenure.
Osodeke is a Professor of Soil Science at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was the immediate National Vice President of the union.
Osodeke took over from Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who led ASUU during a period it engaged the government in a long battle for a better funding of the sector, welfare demands and the call for the abrogation of the contentious Integrated Payroll Personnel and Information System, IPPIS.
Prof Ogunyemi tenure had the longest strike due to Covid-19.