ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Management of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze, Anambra State, has denied what it tagged fake report of a three-week warning strike by the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU).
The Chairman, COEASU, FCET Umunze, Dr Churchill Okonkwo was quoted as asking parents to withdraw their children from the College because the lecturers in the institution had commenced 21 days warning strike.
Contrary to this news, the College, on Friday, 26 August, 2022 held her joint matriculation ceremony, with a large number of teaching staff, including Deans, Heads of Departments, Coordinators of programmes and other categories of teaching staff in attendance.
No fewer than 562 students were admitted into the degree and NCE programmes of the institution.
Several parents that attended the matriculation ceremony hailed the College for running an uninterrupted academic calendar and empowering students for a brighter and rewarding future.
Addressing the Parents Management Forum earlier before the matriculation ceremony on Friday, the College Provost, Dr Tessy Okoli expressed satisfaction with the peace enjoyed in the institution.
She maintained that the College has continued to graduate her students in record time. She said the students of the College have already started their First Semester examination, which would continue seamlessly next week.
She advised parents to disregard the fake report of the strike, which was intended to cause panic and incite students’ unrest.
Also, the Provost further advised reporters to always verify their reports to avoid misleading the public. She noted that students that absent themselves from school during the examination period would have themselves to blame.
She congratulated the students on their successful admission into the College which was rated the best Federal College of Education in 2019 by SERVICOM. According to her, the College pays serious attention to students’ attendance to lectures.
“For your stay in the Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze to successfully end with the acquisition of a degree of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, you owe certain obligations to the College, your parents and yourselves,” she said.