N’Delta Varsity Begins Classes, Monday

The Bayelsa State government-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, will resume academic activities on January  6, 2014, its Registrar, Mr Tombra Morris-Odubo, has said.

The registrar, who made the disclosure in a statement issued in Yenagoa, stated that all students were expected to return to school today, January 3, 2014, adding that first semester examination would commence on January13.

He noted that the university fixed the date for the resumption after its Senate had reviewed the academic calendar of the institution.

According to the calendar, first semester examinations will commence one week after resumption, beginning with the Faculty of Education on January 13.

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the university, Mr  Beke Tuobokiye Sese, said he had not been contacted on the resumption date.

He, however, said lecturers were ready and willing to return to the classroom after the five-month strike by university teachers.

He said, “we are ready for academic work so as to make up for the lost time.’’