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All verified Imo State University lecturers have received their salaries till date despite ASUU strike

It is no longer news that University lecturers, in Nigeria, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as well as other Unions in the Universities have downed tools for over 6 months to press home their demand for Federal Government to implement the renegotiated 2009 agreement.

What is news is that in spite of the fact that the Staff of Imo State University Owerri joined their counterparts in other Universities to down tools, Imo State Government ably led by His Excellency, Sen. Hope Uzodimma has continued to pay salaries of these University staff.

This piece has become necessary because the agitation for which the strike is on has direct bearing on Federal Universities, and this has been stated clearly by the Minister of Education who insists he can't sign off for State Governors who are visitors to their various State owned Universities.

To this end, it is imperative that patriotic Imo people should encourage Imo State University to resume academic activities, especially, as it is well known that Imo State Government pays them, promptly, even while on strike but their counterparts in the Federal Universities are facing a different fate.

Imo must Recover.

Hope Uzodinma is a disappointment.

He should go and take leadership classes from Dave Umahi.

The good thing is that both of them are APC members.