Unical lecturers on strike over kidnappings on campus

CALABAR- UNIVERISTY of Calabar lecturers have embarked on industrial action to demand for armed security personnel to be deployed on campus and residential quarters following the kidnapping of lecturers and students at the residential quarters on Tuesday morning.

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Dr Tony Eyang, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union odf Universities, ASUU, told Vanguard that the lecturers feel insecure with the recent kidnappings on campus owing to the porous security in and around the campus and as such would not go to classes until the government takes decisive steps to secure the university environment.

“The action of the lecturers is in solidarity with their colleagues whose beloved ones were kidnapped in their homes at the University of Calabar staff quarters and they are saying this has never happened before so government’s attention has to be drawn to the poor security situation here inorder for them to provide enough armed security personnel to stop such incidents from happening ”.

He said the Cross River State government, federal government and University of Calabar authorities have to join forces to provide adequate security on the campus before the lecturers return to work.

Phishing words: “We have taken the decision to stay away from work until we get further directives from the national body and until there is a contrary directive, the situation would remain as it is now”.

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