Students of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, on Monday, began exams for the 2017/2018 second semester
despite the ongoing strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU).
ASUU, led by Biodun Ogunyemi, had
embarked on industrial action on November 4 to protest poor funding of universities
and non-implementation of agreements reached.
While other academic activities
were suspended in various universities, some departments in OAU carried on
because they had lecturers who were not members of ASUU.
These lecturers claim to be a part
of the Congress Of Nigeria University Academics (CONUA) and claimed that the
strike action was not binding on them.
When contacted, Abiodun Olarenwaju, the university’s public relations officer, said the school
calendar would not be extended.
“There’s nothing that suggests we
are going to extend any calendar. Don’t let us be speculative, when we get to
the bridge we will cross it,” he said in December.
“The senate of the university is
in charge of the academic activities, if they find it find to extend, they will
and if not, there’s nothing anybody can do about it. Let’s keep our fingers
crossed and don’t let us be speculative
“Whether they are going to extend
it or not has not stopped the students from reading, they should read.”
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