For failure to return toclassroom, FUTO sacksall academic staff

For failure to return to classrooms, the
Senate of the Federal University of
Technology Owerri (FUTO) has sacked
all academic staff on its payroll with
immediate effect. The sack order was
made known by the Public Relations
Officers (PRO) of the institution, Mr
Chike Ezenwa, while speaking with the
Nigerian Tribune in Owerri, through
telephone.
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 Monday, December 2.
The senate council, he explained, had
already compiled the list of vacant
positions in the school, adding that who
were willing to resume would be
adequately protected. Continue...
Meanwhile, the FUTO branch of ASUU
has said any attempt to break their
ranks would be strongly resisted by
their members.
This was contained in a communiqué
issued at the end o their meeting held
on Monday, and signed by both the
chairman and secretary, Dr Ikenna
Nwachukwu and Dr F.M. Eke
respectively.
The 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
commited itself to implementing the
ASUU-FGN agreement.