The government said it primarily did not see the union as being used by anybody or administration against the present management, as it was assured the striking lecturers decided to down tools out of what he described as their conviction. talking at a press briefing in Abuja, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, although documented that the industrial action which commenced in July was becoming impairing to the educational sector. The minister conveyed worry that the urgent
situation may take its toll on states as many of them would not be able to pay allowances to the lecturers at the situation.
Advising the lecturers to have sympathy for students and call off the strike, the minister revealed that the Federal Government had currently provided N200 billion for the upgrade of infrastructure in the ivory towers and another N45 billion for allowances of the striking lecturers. He said, “In every country in the world, there are challenges in the education sector, but these vary.
You will not address a 30-year-old difficulty in one instant “No government has pumped cash in the education system like the government of President Goodluck Jonathan. This government is not against employees so we cannot just close down schools.”
In the meantime, The Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State has also toed the path of some universities who have shunned the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement published in the school’s bulletin according to EDIFICATION an online education media , the school has been billed to resume as directed by the federal government on the 9th December 2013.
In the same vein, The University of Ibadan has also asked the school to be opened on Jan 4, According to a press release signed by the institution’s Registrar and Secretary to Council, Mr. Olujimi Olukoya: “Consequent upon the directives of the CPC which directed the Vice-Chancellors to re-open the Universities for academic and allied activities to commence, Management on Tuesday, 03 December, 2013 directed the Deans and Directors to open Resumption Register for academic staff willing to resume work to sign, on or before 04 December, 2013.”
Council, the bulletin stressed “at its extra ordinary meeting held on Wednesday, 04 December, 2013 deliberated on all the actions taken and ratified by the Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors (COPD) and ratified them”, adding that “Senate at its Special Meeting held on Wednesday, 04 December, 2013 considered the revised academic calendar for the remaining part of the second semester of 2012/2013 session proposed by the Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors and approved.”
It further stated that students are expected to arrive the University campus from Saturday, January 4th to Sunday, 5th. “Examination will start on Monday 31 March and end on 11 April while the three weeks for the processing of examination results in Departments and Faculties will start on 14 April, 2014”, it added.
The revised calendar further shows that the University’s senate meeting for the consideration of final year result is Monday, May 12, 2014 while the Senate meeting for the consideration of non-final year results and end of session is Monday, June 2, 2014.
The release added that “Senate took cognisance of the fact that the postgraduate students, medical students as well as students in other programmes not operating the semester system would not fit appropriately into the proposed calendar and, therefore, approved that the dates of resumption of these categories of students be determined by their respective academic boards.
“The Senate also directed that postgraduate students, medical students as well as students in other programmes not operating the semester system shall be addressed by their respective academic boards
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