ASUU Strike: AAU Ekpoma issues stay at home order to students

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY

Students of Ambrose All University (AAU), Ekpoma chapter, have been warned to stay away as the school is not in a hurry to call of the nationwide strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), of the Edo State owned institution gave this warning while urging parents to keep their children at home and not expose them to unnecessary risk of traveling to school.

The warning signal was contained in a statement signed by the Chairperson, ASUU, AAU chapter, Dr. Monday Igbafen, and made available to journalisits in Benin, stating that plans by the University administration to reopen the University for academic activities in the next few weeks would not work.

Dr. Igbafen said: “We wish to notify the general public that we just close from our Congress this morning, the 21st of January, 2019, and resolved to continue with the nationwide strike approved by our national body on 4th of November, 2018, a strike that is meant to revitalize public universities, including our own AAU, Ekpoma.

“For ASUU, AAU, Ekpoma, it is only the national leadership of the Union that can direct the suspension of the strike. We are intact and in support of our national strike action.

“ASUU, AAU, Ekpoma, wishes to advise our dear parents and guardians that ASUU, AAU, Ekpoma, is fully on strike and therefore, should be guided not to risk the lives of our dear students by allowing them to travel unnecessarily, because of a purportedly resumption of lectures.

“It will be counter-productive to reopen the University when members of the Union will not be available to attend to the students or teach because of the ongoing strike. The strike is total, indefinite and comprehensive.”b