The ongoing strike action
embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universites (ASUU) was the saving
grace for female students of the Kano University of Science and Technology on
Tuesday night.
NAN reports that Saidu Mohammed,
spokesman of the Kano state fire service, confirmed that a fire outbreak
destroyed the upper section of a female hostel at the university.
According to Mohammed, the
outbreak was caused by high voltage.
“We received a distress call at
09:52p.m. from one Alhaji Sagiru that there was a fire outbreak in the
university,” he said.
“On receiving the information, we
quickly sent some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicles to the scene at
10:21p.m. to quench the fire.”
Mohammed said 30 rooms, 20
toilets and four kitchens were completely razed.
ASUU began its strike action on
November 4 with members downing tools in all universities owned by the federal
and state governments.
At a nationwide referendum
conducted by the union on Tuesday, members voted in favour of continuing the
strike saying it did not trust the federal government to fulfill the promises
made.
ASUU is demanding an implentation
of a memorandum of understanding signed in 2011.
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