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The Arewa Consultative Forum on Thursday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities to ratify its agreement with the Federal Government so as to resume work immediately.

The National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Mr Anthony Sani, made the call in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna .

The ACF said calling off the five-month-old strike would be in the best interest of students, parents and the educational system.

“We wish to call on ASUU to please hasten the completion of the said paper work with a view to calling off the strike forthwith,” it said.

It also cautioned the federal government on the ultimatum issued to ASUU to resume lectures or be sacked, saying that it would only prolong the strike.

“No purpose will be served by the ultimatum at this stage when ASUU has said all that remains for calling off the strike is mere paper work.

“This is precisely because the ultimatum at this stage can only result in avoidable test of wills capable of prolonging the strike, which no one wants,” the forum said.

Despite the ultimatum given by the Federal Government to the striking university lecturers to call off the strike or face the risk of being sacked, the lecturers have remained resolute in their stand, saying they would only shift ground when government does the right thing.

The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri at its 375th Extraordinary meeting held on Monday, December 2, 2013 considered the directive of the Federal Government on resumption of duty by Academic Staff in Federal Universities and decided that academic activities in the University should resume immediately for the conclusion of the 2012/2013 Rain Semester.

Consequently all students of the University are required to return to campus between Monday December 2, and Friday December 8, 2013 while Rain Semester Examinations commence on Monday December 9, 2013 and end on Saturday December 21, 2013.

Accordingly, all academic staff are required to proceed immediately to their respective Departments to sign in for resumption of duty not later than Wednesday December 4, 2013.

 
Signed:
Orje Ishegh-Nor
Registrar/Secretary to the Senate

As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the teachers’ action as subversive and no longer a strike.

Outrage has greeted the killing, yesterday, of former President of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, Professor Festus Iyayi, by a car in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, with many slamming the governor over his drivers’ recklessness.
Some even want the driver of the car that killed

Following the sudden death of its former president, Professor Festus Iyayi, who died yesterday afternoon in a fatal auto crash that occurred in Lokoja while travelling to Kano for the Union's Executive meeting slated for today Wednesday 13th of November 2013 in which the decision to call off or continue the four months old strike embarked upon by the University lecturers is expected to be made, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has hereby postponed its today's decider meeting to a later date.

May his soul rest in peace.

The Unity Project Nigeria (UPN) has berated former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, over her alleged threat to lead a mass protest over the four-month-old strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), just as it accuses her of championing the cause of