Pro-chancellors appeal for quick end to ASUU strike

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities on

Monday expressed concern over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the

Academic Staff Union of Universities and called for its immediate

resolution.

This was contained in a statement issued by Prof. Kimse Okoko, the

Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal

Universities, in Abuja on Monday.

The statement said the strike by ASUU had lingered becauseof the

non-implementation of the 2009 agreement between the Federal

Government and the union.

The statement said: "The collateral consequences of thestrike are as

it relates to the Post-UTME screening and the semester examinations in

some universities, as well as the general dislocation of the academic

calendar.

"The committee of pro-chancellors wishes to appeal to all parties

concerned to dispassionately expedite action to resolve thematter

soonest."

The statement further said that the committee, on its part, would work

assiduously toward ensuring quick resolution of the impasse.