meeting gets underway, the Pro-Chancellor and
Chairman of the Governing Board of the University of
Benin, Senator Bob Effiong, has appealed to the striking
lecturers to go back to classrooms as a last respect to the
late Professor Festus Iyayi who lost his life while
struggling for the course of the Union.
Iyayi, a former Head of Business Administration
Department of the University of Benin and former National
President of ASUU was killed in an auto crash while on his
way to attend ASUU National Executive Committee (NEC)
meeting in Kano.
Effiong had expressed that the death of Iyayi was painful as
he was unable to see to the end of what he was struggling
to resolve; a strike he said had lasted for more than four
months.
The Chairman had equally, in a condolence visit to Iyayi's
family yesterday called on the Union to institute an
academic foundation in honour of Iyayi for his
immeasurable contribution to the nation's education sector.
"…it is expedient at this point for both the federal
government and ASUU to come to an understanding in
honour of this great patriot," Effiong said.
The condolence message reads thus: "When we take into
cognizance his immense contributions to ASUU in its quest
to reposition Nigerian universities in the world and his role
as a teacher and scholar, we know that the academia has
lost a rare gem that would be difficult to replace.
"However, we want to console you to bear the loss with
fortitude, resting in the knowledge that Professor Iyayi gave
his life in the struggle to ensure a better and brighter future
for the Nigerian child in terms of sound education."
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