University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday “humbly” requested a return to normalcy, even as UG staff held a protest march and announced that their industrial action will continue.
It was not ascertained if Opadeyi’s request had reached the protesting staff yesterday, but in a 3-page press release, outlining what has been done and what was still to be done at UG, he urged negotiation in good faith and respect.
Opadeyi said it took him two weeks after he assumed office to realise that transforming UG was an enormous task. He highlighted the inadequate state of its infrastructure: drainage, sewerage, buildings, laboratories, furniture and other facilities; its over 30-year-old system of governance, policies, examination and admission regulations; level of