The University of Abuja’s management, UniAbuja, asserts that both academic and administrative operations will continue on campus despite the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, the Vice-Chancellor, conveyed this stance during a meeting with Provosts, Deans, Directors, and Heads of academic departments.
This declaration was made public through a statement issued by Dr. Habib Yakoob, the Acting Director of Information and University Relations, on Friday in Abuja.
The Vice-Chancellor criticized the strike as being divisive and unnecessary, pledging that the management is committed to preventing any disruption to the university’s functioning in the future.
“As far as the management of the university is concerned, this institution is not on strike.
“Some people said they have declared a strike but all of us with the management have decided that our normal activities in the university must go on.
“Our exam is going on, senate meetings will continue, everything we do as a university will continue, and our calendar will not be disrupted any longer by the grace of God.
“It is wrong to cripple the university over issues that are merely sentimental and some of which we have dialogued over and resolved, we are prepared not to allow this disruption again,” he said.
He dismissed all the reported allegations of the union which they claimed informed its declaration of indefinite strike.
