University
of Ibadan resume academic and commercial activities
University
of Ibadan have resumed academic and commercial activities after a six-week
strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The students
have started receiving lectures, while administrative offices were also open
for operations.
Non-academic
staff members were seen in their various offices while businesses in the
university were full of activities.
Some
students, who spoke with NAN, expressed happiness at the suspension of the
strike.
They thanked
ASUU and the Federal Government for fruitful dialogue which led to the
suspension of the strike.
A first-year
law student, Miss Oluwadamilola Salako, told NAN that she was happy when ASUU
ended the strike.
Salako said
that she was bored at home.
“I was
expecting a prolonged strike and was happy when ASUU stopped the industrial
action.
“I hope that
the academic calendar has not been fully disrupted,’’ she said.
A fifth-year
student of electrical/electronic engineering, Mr Alo Oluwabamise, also
expressed delight at the development.
He, however,
said that ASUU strike had become recurrent.
“The last
ASUU strike took almost six months. “All I know is that, for a better education
system, the present administration should work toward the total overhaul of the
sector.
“Strike does
not help in any way; it only brings setback. I do not blame ASUU for whatever
agitation because the union’s demands are genuine,’’ he said.
When
contacted, the university’s Director of Communication and Publications, Mr
Olatunji Oladejo, said that the management would soon announce an adjusted
academic calendar.
NAN reports
that the university management had in a press release signed by the Registrar,
Mr Olu Olujimi, informed the general public, especially students, that second-semester
lectures began on Tuesday.
Lecturers in
public universities, under the aegis of ASUU, embarked on what they described
as a total, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide strike on Aug. 13.
The
lecturers protested non-implementation of the 2009 agreement and the 2013
Memorandum of Understanding it entered into with the Federal Government.
The union
suspended the strike conditionally on Sept. 18 after dialogues with a Federal
Government delegation headed by the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige.
Source: ( PM
News )
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