Ui Lecturers, Students Shun Classrooms

Lecturers and students of the University of Ibadan (UI) yesterday stayed away from the campus.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lashed out at Dr Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, for calling the union “enemy of the state”.

The union urged the President to read its letter to know that it was not out to disrespect him but to give him more credibility.

When our reporter visited the campus yesterday, the lecture rooms remained shut without any lecturer in sight. There was also no register for either the lecturers or students to sign.

The union assembled its members at a congress and resolved not to sign any register.

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