The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) chapters of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have convened a congress meeting over a planned nationwide strike.
UNIPORT unveils COVID-19 treatment centre, installs safety measures
Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt
As the University of Port Harcourt plans to resume academic activities on February 1, 2021, following its senate’s decision, the institution said it has put in place measures of enforcing COVID-19 safety measures to avert any disruption of its academic activities by the second wave of the pandemic.
The Public Relations Officer of the University, Sam Kpenu, said the institution has also installed COVID-19 testing, holding and treatment centres within the university campus which had been certified by the Nigerian Centre Disease Control.
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Kpenu noted that the university had also decontaminated its campus to ensure zero infections, as well as the acquisition of thermometers for student’s temperature confirmation before and after lectures.
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Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening.
The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the National Universities Commission that universities could resume on January 18, but must adhere to COVID-19 protocols in hostels and lecture halls.
ASUU said although its members were ready to start work, government had not put measures in place for safe reopening of the schools.
ASUU’s concern came amid coronavirus cases and deaths, which rose to 99,063 and 1,350 respectively on Saturday.