ASUU: Varsities hold emergency meetings on resumption
Public institutions across the nation had scheduled special senate council meetings in anticipation of exams and resuming following the suspension of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike.
The strike that started on February 14, 2022, has been suspended, according to an announcement made by ASUU on Friday, October 14.
The union said that it paused the strike in response to a court ruling while noting that the government had not yet complied with all of its requests in a statement by its national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
According to information obtained, colleges are planning special meetings to discuss new academic calendars in place of the one that was thrown off by the strike.
The University of Benin has scheduled a special senate meeting for October 18, 2022, according to a memo seen by our correspondent.
“The vice-chancellor, Prof Lilian Salami, has agreed that the meeting of the provost, deans, and directors be convened at the senate chambers on Tuesday, October 18, 2022,” according to the memo, which was signed by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, M.I. Owie.
According to a message from the Federal University of Lafia, the senate council will convene on Monday (today), with the focus on “reviewing the academic calendar.”
Other universities that have announced Senate Council meetings include Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife on October 18, 2022, the Federal University of Technology in Owerri on October 17, 2022, the Federal University of Dustin-Ma in Katsina on October 17, 2022, and the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture on October 17, 2022.
Other institutions, including Sule Lamido University, have mandated that students return right away.
In a memo to staff and students, university administration “encouraged pupils to resume back to school.”
The Tai-Solarin University of Education, the University of Port-Harcourt, the University of Calabar, and Bayero University Kano are some other institutions that have declared their return.
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