The Academic staff union of Chukwuemaka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, have resolved never to join any strike, whether local or national, as the Union has no issues with the university management and their salaries are paid as at when due.
The members of COOU Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, reached the resolution during a meeting at the University premises Igbariam Campus.
The Chairman of the Union, Professor Osita Chiaghanam said the academic staff union of the university has no reason to work against the school management, as the present administration of Professor Greg Nwakoby has transformed the university both infrastructurally and in human capacity development.
Professor Chiaghanam revealed that they decided not to join any of the ASUU strikes because the reasons for the strikes are always in favour of only the federal universities, and the strike also affects the academic calendar of the institution which benefits nothing from the ASUU agitations.
He assured academic staff of Chukwuemaka Odumegwu Ojukwu University of continuous improved welfare, and asked them to always support the school management for all round progress of the institution, even as he warned those engineering crisis in the university to desist forth with.
On his part, the Public Relations Officer of COOU ASUU, who is also the Acting Dean Faculty of Physical Sciences of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Professor Kingsley Nwozor revealed that before the administration of Professor Nwakoby, the university had just thirty Professors but now has total of one hundred and twenty professors, with other numerous achievements.
Professor Nwozor emphasized on the need for the staff of the institution to be united and collectively work towards the continuous improvement of their welfare.
Also speaking, an elderly member of the COOU ASUU, Professor Anthony Agbata advised members of the union in the university to embrace peace and shun violence for the actualization of their collective goal and that of the university.
Members of the union were given an opportunity during the meeting to air their views on how to move the union and the university forward.
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