…Thousands of Post UTME
candidates denied aptitude tests
Daniel Efe
Thousands of prospective candidates for Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), into the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, slated for aptitude test were today, Monday August 26 turned back home due to another joint warning strike started by the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU of the institution.
SSANU and
NASU of the University had earlier participated in the five days nation-wide
warning strike by the national body which was concluded last week Friday.
The UNIPORT Chairman of SSANU, Bernard Ezewachukwu who was seen leading other members to seal off the Senate building of the University and moving from one office to another sensitizing them to join the UNIPORT version of the warning strike because of the internal and peculiar labour issues lingering in institution.
Academic
activities went on uninterrupted despite the SSANU and NASU warning Strike.
Ezewachukwu said the reasons for the warning strike were that the members want their earned allowances paid and that they don’t want the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, to disburse the earned allowances, they also want the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for ill advising the Management of the University on other issues.
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The
Candidates for the Post UTME expressed disappointment that they could not be
attended to and also had no access to the University Portal to do online
registration.
On whether the internal warning strike was sanctioned by the national headquarters of the Union, Benard Ezewachukwu, stated that the zonal Officers were in institution and that the UNIPORT branch was given a nod to carry on with their warning strike based on their peculiar internal.
