'SUSPEND ASUU STRIKE FOR IYAYI'S SAKE' - PRO- CHANCELLOR OF UNIBEN BEGS UNION '

Suspend ASUU Strike For Iyayi's Sake' - Pro- Chancellor Of UNIBEN Begs Union As the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ NEC meeting gets underway, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of the University of Benin, Senator Bob Effiong, has appealed to the striking lecturers to go back to classrooms as a last respect to the late Professor Festus Iyayi who lost his life while struggling for the course of the Union. Iyayi, a former Head of Business
Administration Department of the
University of Benin and former National
President of ASUU was killed in an auto
crash while on his way to attend ASUU
National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Kano. Effiong had expressed that the death of Iyayi was painful as he was unable to see
to the end of what he was struggling to
resolve; a strike he said had lasted for
more than four months. The Chairman had equally, in a
condolence visit to Iyayi’s family
yesterday called on the Union to institute
an academic foundation in honour of
Iyayi for his immeasurable contribution to
the nation’s education sector. “…it is expedient at this point for both the
federal government and ASUU to come to
an understanding in honour of this great
patriot,” Effiong said. The condolence message reads thus:
“When we take into cognizance his
immense contributions to ASUU in its quest
to reposition Nigerian universities in the
world and his role as a teacher and
scholar, we know that the academia has lost a rare gem that would be difficult to
replace. “However, we want to console you to bear the loss with fortitude, resting in the
knowledge that Professor Iyayi gave his
life in the struggle to ensure a better and
brighter future for the Nigerian child in
terms of sound education.”

Na u sabi,if that is una plan for killing him,is nt going to work.