Mekelle University Management Council held a meeting on matters of resumption of the university operation and related issues. The University Management Council convened today (July 13, 2023) to discuss the preparedness of the university to receive back students after two years of interruption. Ensuring staff and students' readiness for the resumption of the teaching and learning process was underscored during the meeting. The Council also delibrated on issues of unpaid staff salary; and stressed the gravity of economic and social impact of the failure to effect salary payment of the staff of the university. Lastly, the University Management Council calls upon all the relevant organs of the federal government to work towards providing the university with the budget required for the unpaid seventeen months of staff salary.