Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos,
UNIJOS, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai, has called on
leadership of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, to call off its ongoing strike. Mafuyai begged the striking lecturers to accept
the recent offer made by the federal
government and return to class after four
months of industrial action. The VC told newsmen at the weekend that,
“continuing the strike will in no way help, but
we should take what government has given
and press forward for the good of all, as no one
can deny that this government has done what
no government has done with regard to the welfare of ASUU.” According to him, “President Jonathan has done
well by looking into the problems of ASUU; my
appeal to them is to call off the strike.” In another development, Mafuyai said that the
University has been involved in phytomedicine
researches for which it won a grant of $
8,000,000 for the establishment of African
Centre of Excellence sponsored by the World
Bank. “The university has produced anti-diabetic
product, anti-hypertensive product, anti-snake
venom vaccine and contraceptive product which
it wants patented and produced in a commercial
quantity “to force the university research out of
the shelf for the advancement of the country, and we are seeking for industries to partner
with us to patent our products from
phytomedicines”, the VC said.
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