Four medical doctors at the troubled Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, have been queried for allegedly abandoning work.

The four doctors, O. Tijani, O. Bankole, O. Nasir and. N. Daodu, were asked to explain why disciplinary actions should not be taken against them premium times reports.

“It was noticed that you abandoned your duty post without giving prior notice to your superior in office,” the query dated November 30 and signed by A. Amudan stated.

“This action taken by you during the ongoing second semester examinations has far reaching implications on the safety of lives of students, staff members and their dependants,” the management said.

The four doctors are members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, who have been on strike for several weeks protesting alleged high-handedness and financial impropriety by the university management.

Already, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Sola Oyewole; Pro-Chancellor Adeseye Ogunlewe and Bursar Moses Ilesanmi are being prosecuted for fraud by the anti-graft EFCC. The officials are accused of mismanaging N800 million of the university’s funds.

Should the four doctors be dismissed, they will join 23 other members of the union who were already sacked by the university.

Although the university accused the sacked staff of stealing school property and abandoning duties, they are believed to be victimised because they squealed on the corruption in the federal institution.

The dismissal of the staff has already been condemned by organised labour and civil society groups including the Nigeria Labour Congress.