Education
ASUU Shuns School Reopening
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that it has not called off its ongoing strike despite the Federal Government’s directive urging universities to resume
ASUU in a statement by its Chairman, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi disclosed that the ongoing strike would continue until the federal government meets their demands.
Ogunyemi said that members of the union went on strike before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, and that all the issues they had raised were yet to be addressed.
“ Government is free to open their schools just like our members are also entitled to their duties
“As we speak, our members are being owed between three to six months of salaries. The government’s so- called fund saving platform, the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System,IPPS,is a colossal failure. Apart from that, the government is yet to take any step to revitalise education sector among others,” he said.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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