Nasarawa State University, Keffi will soon resume academic activities, Governor Abdullahi Sule has said.
He said that the State Government has agreed to shoulder the responsibility for the payment of salaries of the staff of the university, which is one of the key demands by the local chapter of ASUU.
The Governor made this known while briefing members of the State Executive Council, at the fifth state executive council meeting at the Government House.
He pointed out that, so far, the management of the university as well as the non-teaching unions namely the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) have all agreed to open the university.
“One of the conditions they gave to us, the most important condition, is to ensure that we take over the full payment of salaries of all the staff, so that they don’t have to use their IGR,” he said.
On the health sector, Sule pointed out only last week, Nasarawa State achieved a milestone when it received two awards in the area of COVID-19 treatment and vaccination with the state emerging not only the best in the North Central but the overall best-performing state in COVID-19 vaccination across the country.
The Governor, however, pointed out that COVID-19 is still around with Nasarawa State recording cumulative cases of 2278 with 49 deaths. Karu, Keffi and Lafia constitute 80 percent of the cases recorded.
On security, the Governor recalled his recent visit to the office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in Abuja, where he sought the support of the military to address security challenges mostly around the borders between Nasarawa and Kaduna, as well as Nasarawa and Taraba States.
Sule explained that, based on the request, the COAS has accepted to set up two military super camps in Awe and Karu Local Government Areas.
