Congress: Asuu-unn Agrees To Resume Academic Activities


By Agency Reporter

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria Nsukka chapter, on Tuesday officially agreed to resume academic activities during its congress.

Dr. Christian Opata, the Chairman of ASUU-UNN said this while speaking with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday shortly after the union's congress in UNN.

Opata said that the aim of the congress was to inform lecturers to resume academic activities following the suspension of the nationwide strike by ASUU National leadership on October 14.

"After this congress members of ASUU-UNN are free to engage in any academic activity in the university.

"The agreement to resume academic activities is in respect of directive from our national headquarters that suspended the strike on October 14 to enable students to return to school," he said.

The ASUU boss, however,  urged Federal Government to do its part now that lecturers have done their part by resuming academic activities, to ensure industry harmony in public universities.

In an interview with our correspondent,  some lecturers who attended the congress said they would resume academic activities as agreed in the congress.

Prof Rose Onah, Lecturer at the Department of Public Adminstration and Local Government Affairs, urged the government to ensure that what was agreed between the government and the union that led to the suspension of the strike was implemented.

Dr. Chinedu Ejezie, Lecturer at the Department of Political Science said that lecturers in UNN agreed to resume academic activities in respect of ASUU national leadership that suspended the nationwide strike on October 14.

"Now ASUU has done its part by suspending the strike embarked on February 14, all eyes are now on the government to play its part," Ejezie said.

According to the academic timetable released by  UNN Management after the suspension of the strike, lectures would resume at the university on October 24, as students were expected to return to campus on October 22.

It would be recalled that ASUU National leadership suspended its 8-month-old nationwide strike in public universities on October 14.
(NAN)

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