OAU Will Be Shutdown Till January 2 – Management

The management of Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has asked students to
go home until January, 2018 as a result of the
ongoing strike embarked on by Members of the
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities
(SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and
the National Association of Academic
Technologists (NAAT).
Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr.
Abiodun Olarewaju, in a statement said the
Senate of the institution, at its emergency
meeting held on Tuesday, approved that the
students should proceed on an "End of the
Year" break with immediate effect.
The statement reads: "As a result of the
unpalatable occurrences occasioned by the
strike action of the Obafemi Awolowo University
branch of the Non – Teaching Staff, which
comprises Non Academic Staff Union (NASU),
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities
(SSANU) and National Association of Academic
Technologists (NAAT), the Senate of the
University, at its emergency meeting held today,
Tuesday, 5th December, 2017, has approved
that the Students of the University should
proceed on an "End of the Year" break with
immediate effect.
"Students have until 4:00pm today (Wednesday,
December 6, 2017) to leave the hostels.
"Parents /guardians are urged to monitor their
wards to ensure compliance with the university's
directive.
"The university will resume January 2, 2018.