Uncertainty as students, lecturers returns to campuses – The Nation
October 13, 2009 by tim
Virtually all public universities were yet to come back to life yesterday despite last Friday’s suspension of lecturers’ strike.
The classrooms remained empty, even with the presence of some members of staff and students.
From University of Lagos (UNILAG) to University of Ibadan (UI), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State to University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), Ogun State to University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), there were no academic activities.
At UI, economic and social activities, however, picked up, with the return of workers and students.
Students, who returned to school in anticipation of resumption of academic activities, were disappointed. They could not gain access to lecture rooms.
When our correspondent visited UI, most offices were opened but the classrooms were shut, forcing lecturers to their offices.
The institution’s branch of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), however, said universities could witness uninterrupted academic calendars henceforth, if government commits itself to the new agreement with the labour unions.
