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Strike looms in Ebonyi varsity as ASUU/Umahi meeting ends in deadlock
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By Peter Okutu, Abakaliki
THERE seems to be no end in sight as regarding the impasse between Ebonyi State Government and the Ebonyi State University’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU in the State as the meeting between both parties was said to have ended in a deadlock.
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The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday failed to resolve the disagreement between the Ebonyi State Government and the
The ASUU delegation, led by its National Vice Chairman, Academics, Emmanuel Osodeke, was in the state to intervene in the dispute.
The delegation visited Governor Dave Umahi at Government House, Abakaliki.
After hours of a meeting, Mr Osodeke told reporters the meeting failed to resolve the dispute.
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The Ebonyi Government has directed schools across the state to resume for the continuation of the first term of the 2020 /2021 academic session on Jan. 18.
This is contained in a statement by the State Commissioner for Education, Onyebuchi Chima, on Saturday in Abakaliki.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that public, private and mission schools in the state were originally slated to resume for the continuation of the first term on Jan. 4.
NAN recalls that the Ebonyi government had directed schools to vacate for the Christmas holiday on Dec. 18, 2020, after it reopened schools in October, with the lifting of lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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The Ebonyi Government has directed schools across the state to resume for the continuation of the first term of the 2020 /2021 academic session on Jan. 18.
This is contained in a statement by the State Commissioner for Education, Dr Onyebuchi Chima, on Saturday in Abakaliki.
Recall that public, private and mission schools in the state were originally slated to resume for the continuation of the first term on Jan. 4.
The Ebonyi government had directed schools to vacate for the Christmas holiday on Dec. 18, 2020, after it reopened schools in October, with the lifting of lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.