This has been confirmed by Mr. Chike
Ezenwa, the Public Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution, in a telephone
conversation with the Nigerian Tribune in Owerri.
According to him, the senate of the
university had declared all the positions of academic staff in the institution,
adding that they would be advertised starting from December 2, 2013, Monday.
The PRO further explained that the
senate council had already compiled the list of vacant positions in the school,
adding that who were willing to resume would be adequately protected.
As concerns resuming the teaching
process, the following press release was issued at FUTO:
The Senate of the Federal University
of Technology, Owerri at its 375th Extraordinary meeting held on Monday,
December 2, 2013 considered the directive of the Federal Government on
resumption of duty by Academic Staff in Federal Universities and decided that
academic activities in the University should resume immediately for the
conclusion of the 2012/2013 Rain Semester.
Consequently all students of the
University are required to return to campus between Monday December 2, and
Friday December 8, 2013 while Rain Semester Examinations commence on Monday
December 9, 2013 and end on Saturday December 21, 2013.
Accordingly, all academic staff are
required to proceed immediately to their respective Departments to sign in for
resumption of duty not later than Wednesday December 4, 2013.
Signed:
Orje
Ishegh-Nor
Registrar/Secretary
to the Senate
However, the FUTO branch of ASUU
said any attempt to break their ranks would be strongly resisted by their
members. The Monday’s communiqué urged members to
ignore the resumption notice by FUTO management, adding that
the branch would not engage in any academic activities until the Federal
Government committed itself to implementing the ASUU-FGN agreement.
Nigerian Tribune
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