As the Rivers State government set October 5 for reopening of secondary and tertiary institutions in the state,the Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU has reacted to the directive warning that it would not hesitate to roll out sanction against lecturers in Rivers State-owned universities who resumed lectures
ASUU National President, Abiodun Ogunyemi, reportedly stated this while speaking on fm radio 92.3, Nigeria Info,in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Ogunyemi said ASUU has not exempted any of its branches from the ongoing strike therefore, “any branch that does that will be violating our directives and what we do in such situations is to take them through our procedure and apply appropriate sanctions”
The Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator of ASUU,Uzo Onyebinama , said the zone did not expect members in Rivers State universities to resume lectures .