ASUU Breaking News: Federal University of Technology Owerri Sacks Entire Teaching 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.
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.