The University of Lagos has denied
that it has pulled out on the
ongoing strike embarked upon by
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU). The strike begun on July 1st, due
to the inability of the Federal
Government to execute an
agreement it reached with ASUU in
2009. According to earlier reports,
UNILAG allegedly fixed a new date
for its postponed 2nd semester
examination regardless of the
ongoing strike. Our correspondent gathered that
the strike started a few days to
UNILAG’s second semester
examinations. The report, our correspondent
learnt, was convincing because UNILAG was part the universities
that voted in favour of the
suspension of the five-month-old
strike. The speculation has it that UNILAG
would commence its outstanding
examination for all students
before the Christmas break. “The proposed exam as reported
will be starting on the 9th of
December and end on the 24th of
December. We want to advise all
students of the UNILAG to check it
out to confirm,” an unconfirmed report had earlier said. Apart from the speculation on
UNILAG, some universities have
reportedly started pulling out of
ASUU strike.
Specifically, Adamawa University
has pulled-out. Adamawa branch of ASUU, was said to have confronted
ASUU national body without due
process. However, a top management
officer in UNILAG said the
university does not have any plan
to pull out of ASUU. The source said: “We are not
pulling out. That is not possible.
UNILAG is one of the strongest
branches of ASUU and we will not
disappoint. We have plans on
ground to write the second semester exam, but that is after
the strike might have been called
off.” When our correspondent visited
the university, there was no sign
that examinations will commence
soon. It was observed that dust and cob-
webs have taken over most of the
classes.
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