Atiku Abubakar's college, AUN, sacks more than 400 staff days after his media outfit sacked 46 staff

The American University of Nigeria, established by previous Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has sacked 406 staff in one day. This comes days after Atiku's media outfit sacked 46 staff. 

On May 1, Workers' Day, 46 staff of Gotel Communication, a media house possessed by Atiku Abubakar, were terminated. 

Staff of American University of Nigeria, AUN, expected that they would be straightaway and their most exceedingly terrible feelings of trepidation turned into a reality yesterday, May 4, when they got a letter through mail, firing their work. A staff of AUN, who was influenced by the sack disclosed to LIB that they were given no earlier notification. 

"They said they couldn't create income. Cash issues," the influenced staff revealed to LIB when requested the explanation the establishment gave for the sack. The source said the sack letter originated from the top managerial staff of the establishment subsequent to holding a few gatherings. The letter was marked by the President of AUN, Dawn Dekle. 

When inquired as to whether the lockdown may have influenced income age, accordingly prompting the sack, the source clarified that however understudies were sent home, the lockdown didn't hinder their scholastics. 

"They completed their semester on the web, they composed their test on the web, they were invigilated utilizing Skype. They are currently in their long excursion to continue in August obviously." 

A duplicate of the end letter sent to LIB clarifies that the staff were terminated "because of a longing to adjust the University's costs to accessible income and every money related projection of the University." Those terminated were additionally approached to restore all the organization's property in their ownership after the lockdown to empower the University "to pay the severance pay permitted by the agreement" and to empower the influenced staff to get to their retirement bank account. 

It was additionally uncovered that Alumni of the school who were utilized as staff, were likewise influenced by the end. Staff who addressed LIB said they were paid their April pay yesterday, not long before the sack letters were gotten. 

Another staff who addressed LIB stated: "There was no measures for the determination," including that in any event, persevering, equipped staff were terminated.