Despite the reported strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, the management of the University said academic and administrative activities would continue on campus.
Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, Vice Chancellor of the university, who described the strike as divisive and unnecessary during a meeting with Provosts, Deans, Directors and Heads of Academic Departments, vowed that the management would never allow the school to be crippled again.
According to a statement by the Acting Director, Information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob quoted the Vice Chancellor as saying: “It is wrong to cripple the university over issues that are merely sentimental, some of which we have dialogued over and resolved.”
Prof. Na’Allah said: “As far as the university’s management is concerned, this institution is not on strike. Some people said they had declared a strike, but all of us, with the management, have decided that our normal activities at the university must go on. Our exam is going on, Senate meetings will continue. Everything we do as a university will continue; God’s grace will no longer disrupt our calendar.”
The Vice-Chancellor described the union’s allegations of illegal recruitment, promotion, and delay in the election of deanship, and microfinance bank establishment as unfounded, saying the university had followed due process in all of these matters and ensured that relevant institutions concerned with oversights were contacted.
