Niger Delta
Bayelsa Set To Resolve NDU’s Sympathy Strike With ASUU
The Bayelsa State Government says it has commenced the processes of resolving issues for which both academic and non-academic staff of the State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) joined in the lingering nationwide Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.
The state Commissioner for Education, Dr Gentle Emelah, revealed this recently while speaking with journalists in Yenagoa, the State Capital at the 6th edition of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) essay competition for under- graduates of Nigerian Universities.
Emelah, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Christopher Ewhrudjakpo, noted that the decision of the Ministry to get the striking lecturers to call off the strike was sequel to a call by the State Governor, Senator Douyi Diri.
Describing the government as education friendly, the Commissioner noted that the State Government has not only paid up-to-date salaries of the striking workers of the institution, but has also increased the school’s subvention, hence there was no need for them to continue on the sympathy strike.
Noting such state-owned universities as Rivers State University (RSU), and Delta State University (DELSU), which did not join ASUU in sympathy strike, Ewhrudjakpo said the universities realize that their governments place premiums on education by their investments in the sector.
He stated that the Bayelsa State Government has invested immensely on its educational sector in terms of welfare of staff and projects execution in NDU, promising that NDU would soon call off its solidarity sympathy strike.
The Tide learnt that Governor Diri had penultimate week directed the academic union of NDU to call off the strike.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Emelah commended the NCDMB for its support for education in the nation through its Programmes on grooming and discovering of young academic-inclined Nigerians in institutions of learning across the nation.
He described the 6th edition of the NCDMB’s essay competition for undergraduates, which held in Yenagoa, as a step in the right direction, saying it would act as a catalyst in complementing government’s efforts and investments in education.
By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa
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