The University of Ilorin, prided as “better by far” and its uninterrupted academic calendar of almost two decades, has finally joined the usual practice of strike action under the coordination of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
In the last 19 years, UNILORIN has always run an uninterrupted academic calendar which made the institution become the nation’s most sought thus becoming the toast of all applicants seeking admission through UTME.
According to an Ilorin based online newspaper Royal News, against the backdrop of the warning strike proposed by ASUU, UNILORIN has accepted to comply with the directive of the body that all member institutions should proceed on a two-week strike.
On Monday, the National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, declared the warning strike during an executive meeting of the association in Enugu.
Mr Ogunyemi said the strike was to protest the failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding and the 2017 Memorandum of Action.
The University of Ilorin joined the strike on Tuesday, the first time teachers in the university will embark on strike in about two decades.
The school had rejected previous industrial actions called by ASUU as a result of a split in the association in the institution. This resulted in the university becoming famous for a stable academic calendar.
The feud in the local ASUU chapter was eventually resolved July last year through the effort of the vice-chancellor, Abdulkareem Age.
