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ASUU Strike: UNIBEN Staff Member Commits Suicide

11Sep

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ASUU Strike: UNIBEN Staff Member Commits Suicide

Prince Carter Oshodin who is a staff of the Federal University of Benin committed suicide on Friday over the non-payment of salaries due to ASUU strike. The Government had refused to pay workers of universities that had embarked on a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). See Also: ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens Mass Action from Students This action by the University unions which led to non-payment of salaries prompted the data entry personnel at UNIBEN, Price Carter to take his life as he could not meet his financial responsibilities. A UNIBEN professor, his name undisclosed, said it was disheartening because they hadn’t been paid for months by the federal government including those who had called off the strike. “Yes he was our staff, he killed himsel...

UNIBEN: Mixed Reactions Trail Suspension of Social Activities

When authorities at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) announced late last month the suspension of social activities on campus, most final year students, who had looked forward to various events to celebrate their exit from the institution, were shell-shocked. In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of UNIBEN, Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, activities such as students’ final year week, cultural week and others which may pose a threat to the security of staff and students will not be allowed on campus. According to the school management, the need to sustain the safety of lives and property on the campus is much important than social activities. The statement reads in part: “The suspension of social activities on campus is still in force. Management reiterates the need to sustain the ex...

UNIBEN dissolves SUG, Suspends Union Leaders

The authorities of University of Benin, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of members of the three arms of Students’ Union Government in the institution. The institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr Benedicta Ehanire, in a statement issued in Benin, said that a caretaker committee would be put in place to manage the affairs of the union. Ehanire said that the institution’s Senate took the decision to forestall breakdown of law and order, following the planned protest by the students’ union body against the shift in the school’s academic calendar. “The union had persistently engaged in subversive activities, including incitement of other students to disobey lawful instructions by the school authorities. “This is in spite of concerted efforts by management, led by the...