EBSU Dares ASUU, Resumes Tomorrow

EBSU Dares ASUU, Resumes Tomorrow

THE Management of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, EBSU, Monday announced that academic activities would resume in all the campuses of the institution on Tuesday, 26th November, 2013.

It also ordered lecturers and students of the institution to return to classes following the inability of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU to end it over four months strike in the country.
In a statement signed by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Sam N. Egwu, it stressed that the institution had resolved to commence academic activities not minding the disagreement existing between ASUU and the Federal government.

“Having waited patiently for Federal Government and ASUU to resolve the impasse behind the over four months strike embarked upon by the Union to no avail, the management of EBSU has resolved to re-open classes for learning to commence on Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 2013.

“We therefore inform all concerned that teaching and learning will begin fully on Tuesday, 26th, November, 2013. This is to enable us cover what we have lost to the strike,” the statement read.

information reaching was learnt that the resolution was the outcome of the meeting held last week by the management of the institution including lecturers where 80% of the lecturers in attendance agreed that they should ignore the ASUU Nationwide strike and return back to class.

Contacted, the EBSU-ASUU Chairman, Prof. Ndubuisi Idenyi dissociated the ASUU chapter of EBSU from the purported reopening by the management and maintained that the strike was still in progress until they get directive from their national leadership.


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