These Are Nigerian Universities That Have Announced Resumption Dates (See Full List)

Some Nigerian universities have announced resumption dates after 9 months of ASUU strike.

News Rain Nigeria recalls that from late March to December 2020, Nigerian public universities were locked due to the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

And after months of negotiations, the lecturers’ union finally suspended the strike on Wednesday, December 23.

These Are Nigerian Universities That Have Announced Resumption Dates 

However, some universities have now announced their resumption dates.

below are lists of universities that are set to resume academic activities.

University of Ilorin

The management of the University of Ilorin has declared that the institution would resume full academic activities for the semester on January 11, 2021.

The university explained that lectures will, however, be delivered online in line with the directives of the NUC.

Bayero University Kano (BUK)

The Senate of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has approved the cancellation of 2019-2020 academic sessions. According to the Senate, new academic session for undergraduate students will begin on Monday, January 18, 2021 as the first semester, while the second semester will begin on Monday, May 3, 2021.

For the postgraduate students, the Senate slated Monday, January 18 as the date to resume for the first semester while the second semester will begin on Tuesday, June 1.

University of Benin in Benin City (UNIBEN)

All returning students (old and new) of the University of Benin in Benin City (UNIBEN), Edo state, have also been directed by the management of the institution to resume for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions on January 30, 2021.

Premium Times reports that this was disclosed in a circular issued by the institution’s public relations officer, Benedicta Ehanire, at the end of a meeting of the University’s Senate on Monday, January 4.

Meanwhile, recall that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to embark on massive protest should ASUU resume its industrial strike action. Speaking through its newly-elected president Sunday Asefon on Thursday, December 24, NANS described as a slap the ASUU’s position that the strike was suspended “conditionally”.