FORTY
eight hours to the deadline given by the Federal Government to striking
university lecturers to resume classes or be sacked, the union has remained
adamant, advising parents not to risk the lives of their children by sending
them to the campuses.
The
Presidency, on its part accused ASUU leaders of treachery and warned the
university lecturers not to dare the resolve of government to carry out its
threat to sack them if they failed to resume.
The Senate
President, David Mark has also cautioned the Federal Government over the threat
to sack the striking lecturers just as the All Progressives Congress (APC)
slammed the government for issuing the threat.
Supervising Minister for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike last Thursday gave the lecturers a seven-day ultimatum to resume from their six-month strike or risk being sacked. President Goodluck Jonathan, however, clarified, weekend, in Bayelsa that the Federal Government did not give the ultimatum, stating that it was given by the Committee of Vice Chancellors.
However,
the Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors, Professor Mike
Faborede denied the claim that his committee gave the ultimatum. He passed the
buck to the Committee of Pro-Chancellors.
ASUU
meantime said no academic activities would resume until the Federal Government
perfects and implements resolutions reached with the union.
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