DISTURBED by the lingering strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the South-East leading to the closure of state universities, the 27-member Imo State House of Assembly, presided over by Chief Goodluck Opiah, has set up a five-man ad-hoc committee to resolve the issue in the zone.
Opiah named Nze Ray Emeana (Owerri-North) as the chairman of the committee, which was given specific mandate to submit its report to the Assembly on November 3.
The committee is expected to, among others, liaise with the various ministry officials in charge of education and National Assembly caucus and dialogue with the relevant Federal Government officials with a view to solving the problem.
Chief Declan Emelumba and 11 others had sponsored a motion on the floor of the Assembly, alerting the House on the dangers inherent in the three-month-old strike.
They asked that proactive action be taken to bring all the stakeholders together towards resolving the matter, noting that students are already expressing sadness about the problem.
Emelumba noted that the zone, which prides itself as having education as its biggest industry, can not be ridiculed in such manner.
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