has sacked all academic staff on its payroll with immediate
effect on December 2, 2013, Monday, for failure to return to
classrooms.
This has been confirmed by Mr. Chike Ezenwa, the Public
Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution, in a telephone
conversation with the Nigerian Tribune in Owerri.
According to him, the senate of the university had declared all
the positions of academic staff in the institution, adding that
they would be advertised starting from December 2, 2013,
Monday. The PRO further explained that the senate council
had already compiled the list of vacant positions in the school,
adding that who were willing to resume would be adequately
protected.
As concerns resuming the teaching process, the following
press release was issued at FUTO:
The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri
at its 375th Extraordinary meeting held on Monday,
December 2, 2013
considered the directive of the Federal Government on
resumption of duty by Academic Staff in Federal Universities
and decided that
academic activities in the University should resume
immediately for the conclusion of the 2012/2013 Rain
Semester.
Consequently all students of the University are required to
return to campus between Monday December 2, and Friday
December 8, 2013 while
Rain Semester Examinations commence on Monday
December 9, 2013 and end on Saturday December 21, 2013.
Accordingly, all academic staff are required to proceed
immediately to their respective Departments to sign in for
resumption of duty not later than Wednesday December 4,
2013.
Signed:
Orje Ishegh-Nor
Registrar/Secretary to the Senate
However, the FUTO branch of ASUU said any attempt to
break their ranks would be strongly resisted by their members.
The Monday's communiqué urged members to ignore the
resumption notice by FUTO management, adding that the
branch would not engage in any academic activities until the
Federal Government committed itself to implementing the
ASUU- FGN agreement.
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