ASUU’s Strike Paralyzes Examination At UI
The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has paralyzed the ongoing examinations for the Masters programme at the University of Ibadan.
Students in the Department of Psychology, who were scheduled to start their examinations, were also turned back due to the strike.
Although it was gathered that the institution’s academic staff had voted in favour of the strike at its referendum last week, news about the strike was just passed to members on Monday morning.
The examinations at the Faculty of Social Sciences was cancelled owing to the strike.
Although academic staff of the Institution were seen discussing the information received about the strike.
in salaries leading to fractional payment of staff salaries, the strike was inevitable.
Omole stated that the strike was total, comprehensive and indefinite beginning from Sunday 13, August, 2017.
“We therefore write to inform you that the observance of the strike action will include: No teaching, no examination, no supervision, no attendance of the statutory meetings of any kind and other academic matters.
In line with the national directive of the union, our members will henceforth withdraw their services till the end of the strike,” he said.
He added that the strike will have full enforcement from tomorrow after briefing the congress of the Union on campus.
He said the Union had waited for the federal government to do the needful but wondered why the federal government had been deceiving the Union, noting that the withholding of the License of the Nigerian University Pension Company (NUPEMCO) while holding N1billion of the Union since three years ago amounted to deception.
