The "OAU" Senate ask students to resume next Wednesday

The Senate of Obafemi Awolowo Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, has asked students of the
institution to resume next Wednesday.
The Public Relations Officer of the OAU, Mr.
Biodun Olarewaju, said this in a press statement
on Thursday.
The statement read, “The Senate of the
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, has
approved Wednesday, 3rd August, 2016, for the
resumption of continuation of screening
exercise for the new students while the Stalites
will come into residence on Sundays, 7th
August, 2016.
“The Senate gave the go-ahead to reopen the
institution during a special meeting it held to
consider a proposed amendment to this
session’s academic calendar.”
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Anthony
Elujoba, who chaired the meeting for the first
time after his appointment last Thursday, was
thankful to the members of the Senate for the
confidence reposed in him to lead the university
at this period.
“While assuring that he would fearlessly attempt
all the changes that will glorify the the
institution in fairness, truth and justice,
Professor Elujoba discloses that he had plans to
seek, and to gather the main lessons derivable
from the unfortunate episode that brought the
university to where it is today and make
recommendations to prevent similar
occurrences in the future,” the statement
added.
Recall that authorities of the OAU had shut
down the institution over continuous protests
and civil disobedience by its workers.
The workers, under the aegis of Non-Academic
Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association
of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) had since June
6 paralysed activities on the OAU campus.
Subsequently, they petitioned President Buhari
who summarily ordered the university Senate to
pick a man of integrity to serve as the VC of
the 54 years old university in acting capacity