As academic activities
resumed at the University of Lagos, yesterday, Monday January 6th, the institution’s branch
of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has promised to make
sacrifices to make up for lost time.
The Chairman of the university’s chapter of ASUU, Dr.
Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, gave the assurance in Lagos.
Lecturers in public universities
embarked on an indefinite strike under the directive of ASUU on June 30, 2013. They
called off the strike on December 17. 2013.
The lecturers were agitating for
Federal Government’s full implementation of an agreement it entered into with
the union in 2009.
Ogbinaka said that the union was
satisfied with steps the government recently took to ensure that the country’s
university system was on the same pedestal with those of many other countries.
He said that University of Lagos
lecturers would ensure that areas that suffered during the strike were covered
qualitatively.
He urged students to work hard to
make up for the lost time.
According to him, the Federal
Government had demonstrated willingness to create a conducive teaching and
learning environment in public universities.
He said that it was necessary for
lecturers and students to play their respective roles well. ‘ The government,
as part of its efforts to encourage us, has paid all our salary arrears; we are
indeed happy with the development.
“The same government has set up a
NEEDS Assessment Committee in public universities with members of other labour
unions in the system well represented.
“With the development, we are optimistic that we shall be seeing a system that will be able to compete favourably with its counterparts in other climes.”
“With the development, we are optimistic that we shall be seeing a system that will be able to compete favourably with its counterparts in other climes.”
“Given this development, we see a
situation where, not only students, lecturers and parents will be
happy, but where the entire country will be better.” Ogbinaka, said.
He said that students of the
university had started returning to campus in large numbers in readiness for
resumption of academic activities.
The unionist said that he was
looking forward to a better and brighter future for Nigerian students, adding
that the strike was a much needed sacrifice for improved university system and
products.
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