{"id":19312,"date":"2013-11-12T23:20:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=19312"},"modified":"2013-11-12T23:20:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:20:56","slug":"president-jonathan-saddened-by-former-asuu-presidents-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/president-jonathan-saddened-by-former-asuu-presidents-death\/","title":{"rendered":"President Jonathan Saddened By Former ASUU President\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commiserates with the leadership and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the tragic death today of\u00a0 former ASUU President, Dr. Festus Iyayi.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>President Jonathan also extends sincere condolences to Dr. Iyayi\u2019s family as well as his colleagues, friends and associates across the country and beyond.<\/div>\n<div>The President joins them in mourning the renowned academic and award-winning writer who rose to national prominence in the 1980s with his courageous leadership of ASUU in its struggle for a better working environment for teachers and academics in the nation\u2019s university system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He is particularly dismayed by the fact that Dr. Iyayi has sadly lost his life while going to contribute to efforts to finally resolve the current ASUU strike which has unfortunately disrupted academics in most of the nation\u2019s universities for over four months.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>President Jonathan prays that God Almighty will comfort all who mourn Dr. Iyayi and grant his soul eternal rest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr Reuben Abati<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commiserates with the leadership and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the tragic death&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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