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The Federal Government has extended the deadline for striking university lecturers to resume work to December 9.
Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), announced the new date while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
Okojie said, "Government decided to shift the deadline after it received notification of Prof. Festus Iyayi's funeral rites slated for between December 5 and 7.
Iyayi, former ASUU president , died on Nov 12, 2013 in auto crash in Lokoja on his way to attend the association’s meeting in Kano.
"We just received information that the burial rites of Festus Iyayi begins on the December 5 and would last till December 7. Based on this information, government decided to shift the resumption deadline to December 9, to enable lecturers to participate in the burial.
The executive secretary said the directive had been communicated to the various universities Governing Councils and Vice Chancellors for onward transmission to the academic staff.
Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), announced the new date while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
Okojie said, "Government decided to shift the deadline after it received notification of Prof. Festus Iyayi's funeral rites slated for between December 5 and 7.
Iyayi, former ASUU president , died on Nov 12, 2013 in auto crash in Lokoja on his way to attend the association’s meeting in Kano.
"We just received information that the burial rites of Festus Iyayi begins on the December 5 and would last till December 7. Based on this information, government decided to shift the resumption deadline to December 9, to enable lecturers to participate in the burial.
The executive secretary said the directive had been communicated to the various universities Governing Councils and Vice Chancellors for onward transmission to the academic staff.
