Don’t Come Yet, ASUU Tells UNIPORT Students

In an effort to break the nationwide strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, the Management of the University of Port Harcourt has announced December 9th as resumption date for academic activities in the institution in compliance with directive  issued by the federal government.

Announcing the decision,Dr William Wodi,a Deputy Registrar,Information, said the decision was reached after an extra-ordinary Senate meeting held on Tuesday.

Deputy Registrar, Information, of the University, Dr. William Wordi confirmed to PMNEWS that the management of the institution found it reasonable to end the 5-month old strike in the interest of the students.

Wordi said the Senate also decided to pay the backlog of salary areas of lecturers who resumed work on the announced date.

In her reaction, Prof. Anthonia Okerengwo the UNIPORT chapter Chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said there is no going back on the strike until the Federal Government meets all their demands.

Okerengwo said the students would be wasting their time if they resumed on the stipulated date.

Prof. Okerengwo said the Union was not moved by FG’s threat to fire lecturers who refused to go back to work.

—Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt