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Abuja teacher on hunger strike relocates to bush to protest unpaid salaries

November 20, 2017 1:41 PM

The teacher who started his self-imposed hunger strike campaign recently was seen in a bush with a placard stating the reason for his action.

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Obiagwu who is said to be protesting against “victimisation teachers at the University of Abuja Secondary School'' said the university is owing him 11 months salary.

Stating other reasons for going on hunger strike, “impunity and insensitivity, emotional stabbing of teachers and students, silencing of unions'' are UNIABUJA management's attempt to cripple him.

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The teacher who started his self-imposed hunger strike campaign on November 13 and ended November 17 was seen in a bush with a placard stating the reason for his action.

The teacher also refused to talk to people as he used a white handkerchief to gag himself.

Recall that UNIABUJA lost accreditation of 14 out of 45 courses the school offers in 2016. Following the disaccreditation, the university's director of Centre for Distance Learning (CDL) Professor Siyan Peter has also been removed and replaced with Professor Odumuh Theresa.