The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lampai, Niger State, has taken a decision to resume from the over half a year strike action directed by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday September 5, 2022.
The Niger State-owned university’s decision was coming barely 72 hours after one of its top dons, Prof. Mohammed Aliyu Paiko, wrote the school’s chapter ASUU chairman intimating him of his withdrawal from the union.
In an undated statement issued on behalf of the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information, Alhaji Baba Akote, obtained by The DEFENDER on Tuesday 31 August 2022, it was stated that the decision follower a directive by governing council of the university.
“This is to inform all staff and the entire students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai that Second Semester for 2021/2022 academic session commences on Monday, 5th September, 2022.
“The University Governing Council gave the directive at its 55th regular meeting held on Tuesday, 30th August, 2022.
“Equally, all staff are expected to resume work the same day.
“Students are please advised to heed to this special announcement in their own interest,” the statement said.
The Emmanuel Osodeke-led ASUU had, on Monday, extended again its strike over some issues it claims were yet to be resolved by the Federal Government.
The government, which said however that ASUU cannot hold the nation’s education sector into ransom over some avoidable intellectual fight, has decided to invoke the labour law to impose a ‘no work, no pay’ policy on the university lecturers.
All non-academic staff of Nigerian universities, after reaching agreement with the government, have since resumed work.
Our sources in Abuja are seeing the Federal Government applying the stick approach – after the carrot aspect has failed – by having to get the schools to open while directing the vice chancellors to open records of those who resume for work to know who do not.
