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The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State University Chapter, Dr. Ikechukwu Igwenyi, has said universities owned by state governments in the country can not survive without aligning with the Union for intervention and other assistance.

This was as he reiterated that the chapter of ASUU had not pulled out of the ongoing strike ordered by the national leadership of the Union.

He stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abakaliki, Monday evening.

According to him,

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked Nigerians to disregard the claims of the Federal Government that it had met the demands of the union.

The ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan, Prof. Akinwole Ayoola, said on Monday that the Federal Government’s claims were lies.

The union stated that all its chapters that started the over six-month-old strike were still part of the ongoing action and were resolute to get what public universities needed from the government to survive and compete globally.

The union also said