Strike: ASUU shuts down FUTO
academic and non academic activities at the Federal University of
Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in solidarity with the nationwide industrial
action embarked upon by the academic body .
The Union also declared a "no teaching, no examination, no attendance
to statutory meetings" until its demands are met by the Federal
Government.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of an enforcement rally by
the unionists, ASUU chairman in FUTO, Christopher Echereobia, accused
the Federal Government of working towards the setting the nation's
public education system back.
Echereobia said that it was unfortunate that the government was
sabotaging the country's education sector .
The ASUU chief informed that the goal of the indefinite strike was to
compel the government to address various issues affecting ASUU .
He said, "We demand the provision of a platform by the federal and for
ASUU to engage governors on the proliferation of universities,
underfunding of university education and undue interference in the
affairs of state universities."
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