In a media report yesterday, the state
government made it clear that it will no
longer accommodate further protests by
students of the university. Government
pledged to treat students who take to street
to protest as kidnappers and armed robbers.
Government also stated her readiness to
proscribe ASUU in a her bid end the labour
crisis.
Yesterday, Governor Yahaya Bello ordered
the Vice Chancellor of the University to re-
open the school for commencement of
academic activities with immediate effect.
The governor allegedly issue further
directives to the VC to open an attendance
register for all academic staff of the
institution.
Efforts to reach the ASUU Chairman, Dr.
Daniel Aina, has proved abortive but some
lecturers who commented on the new
stance of the state government are not on
the same page with the government. A
lecturer, Dr. Linus, in his response on social
media, took exception to the recent
directives. According to him, “history has
shown that even under military dictatorships
such arm twisting ploy has never worked. It
is a pity that the path of dialogue has been
jettisoned because of ego. But as it is said,
those who shun dialogue will sooner than
later, come to the negotiating table with
their tails wagging between their legs!”
As at press time, there is no official
statement from ASUU in relaton to the
recent directive from government.
Source: Kogireports
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