Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) heavyweight Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia who is chairman
of the governing council of University of Abuja has moved to reconcile
all warring parties within the university especially management and the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Ogbemudia who spoke to news men after
commissioning the College of Health Sciences at the main campus in
Abuja Tuesday said the council had already appointed a sub-committee to
work out modalities for reconciling all aggrieved parties including the
splinter groups within ASUU.
He said he had met with all the unions
in the university and asked them to present their positions on ways to
progress the varsity to be implemented between now and December.
On facilitating the accreditation of
the Faculty of Medicine, Ogbemudia said he had met with the National
Universities Commission (NUC) and they had pledged their cooperation to
ensure the programme receives positive response.
Vice Chancellor of the university
Professor James Adelabu said with the commissioning of the complex,
students would start using the laboratories while management would write
to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria by next week to come for
verification.
Meanwhile, the University of Abuja
chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is into the
fourth day of its two-week warning strike over the failure of government
to implement a visitation panel report.
Dr Clement Chup, the Chairman,
University of Abuja branch of ASUU said the federal government’s delay
in implementing the white paper was not in the interest of the
university.
He said the union’s resolution to
embark on a two-week warning strike followed government’s failure to
listen to the university’s longstanding complaints over governance
crisis at institution....dailytrust
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