Federal University of Technology, Minna, says it will go
ahead with the post-UTME screening despite the ongoing strike by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Non-Academic Staff of the University
(NASU)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Oluwole Morenikeji
said this in a statement signed the school’s spokesman, Mrs Lydia Legbo.
Morenikeji said that the institution has concluded all
logistical arrangements needed to conduct another hitch-free screening.
The official expressed optimism that the ongoing strike
action would not affect the exercise since the post-UTME candidates are not yet
students of the University.
He said that the University would employ the services of
corps members who are serving in the institution to conduct the exercise and
other people who have agreed to assist the University during the exercise.
He explained that since the examination is computer based,
there would be no need for many invigilators.
”Those who are willing to assist us to conduct the exercise
will be contracted and they will be paid for the job. So, I do not see any
problem why the screening will not hold as scheduled.
”We expecting 10, 000 candidates for the exercise and that
over 7, 000 candidates have concluded their registrations as at Wednesday,
September 13, 2017″, he said.
He maintained that the deadline for registration for the
screening remains September 15, 2017 as advertised by the University.
By Wale Odunsi
