By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, has approved the full implementation of the 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for staff of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), and the approval will take effect from January 2027.
In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of COOU, Dr. Harrison Madubueze, said the governor’s approval was received by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha, through the University’s Governing Council Chairman, Professor Peter Onwualu. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Omenugha, commended the Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. “The Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of the University Management, Senate, Staff and Students, expressed profound gratitude to Mr. Governor, describing him as a dependable leader whose word is his bond, following earlier assurances on the matter,” a part of the statement read. The Vice-Chancellor also thanked the leadership of the labour unions in the university.
For many years, full implementation of the FG-ASUU agreement at the Anambra State-owned COOU has suffered from a lack of political will by past administrations. Promises were made, but in the end, those promises were not kept. However, the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, in keeping with his social agenda, under education to “restore teaching as a profession of pride… (Where) teachers will be motivated and rewarded appropriately,” has now delivered that long-expected reality for COOU staff.
So far, the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has continued to prioritize critical investments in systems and structures geared toward a livable and prosperous homeland.
This implementation of the FG-ASUU 2025 agreement by Governor Soludo is only one of the steps the government is determined to take to completely transform COOU into a university of global stature.
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