By Godwin Aliuna The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Thursday expressed regret over the rise in cultism among lecturers and...
By Godwin Aliuna
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Thursday
expressed regret over the rise in cultism among lecturers and students in
various varsities in the state.
Umahi aired his concerns while addressing the governing
council of the Ebonyi State University and Board of the King David Umahi
Federal University of Medical Sciences
He expressed his dislike of the continued strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which according to him has affected
the growth of educational institutions in the country.
According to him: “I spoke about the ASUU strike earlier and
I continue to appeal that there is no way the federal government can borrow
such an amount to meet the demands of ASUU. There should be a way to dialogue
so that the students can go back to school.
“I frown so much about the ASUU strike, and in Nigeria, the
strike is not even a strike because when you are on strike, you are supposed
not to even earn a salary for the whole period you didn’t work. You can as well
be on strike on any slightest thing and so, it is unreasonable to demand
salaries while on strike” he stated.
Similarly, the governor frowned at the continued rise in
cultism in the state universities and called for the disengagement of any
student or lecturer found to be a cultist.
He said: “We will not allow clannishness to becloud our
universities. We must fight cultism in our schools. Any person finding doing
cultism, the person must go. We in the society where even some lecturers are
cultists, we need to be mindful of this’ he stressed.
Earlier in a remark, the chairman of the governing board for
the two varsities, Rev. Fr. Abraham Nwali, revealed the preparedness of the
board to enhance research that will promote learning in both the Ebonyi State
University and the David Umahi federal university of medical science.
The clergy also vowed to fight against copying and paste of
research work done by supposed professionals.
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