The management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has
announced the institution will resume for the 2021/2022 academic session on
August 29.
Ife Oluwole, the institution’s registrar, broke the news in
a statement on Thursday.
According to the registrar, the decision followed a
stakeholders meeting held on August 21 to review the situation of things in the
varsity.
Oluwole said during the meeting, the stakeholders lamented
the “negative effects” of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) on the students and the institution.
The registrar added that the stakeholders also agreed that
the varsity should resume academic activities in the interest of the students
and the survival of the institution.
“Participants at the meeting deliberated extensively on the
matter and resolved that, in the interest of the teeming population of
students, their parents, and the survival of the University, it has become
imperative for all members of staff currently on strike at the University to
resume normal official activities,” the statement reads.
“Consequentially, the stakeholders unanimously decided that
the University management should reopen the university without further delay
for the continuation of academic activities.
“Accordingly, all newly-admitted students for the 2021/2022
academic session should also resume on Monday, August 29, 2022, for screening,
registration, and orientation programme.”
The varsity first announced its decision to pull out of the
ongoing ASUU strike in May.
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal
government’s failure to meet its demands bordering on the funding of
universities as well as salaries and allowances of lecturers.
Adamu Adamu, minister of education, had earlier asked the
affected students to sue ASUU and demand compensation over the strike.
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