The Council of Students Union President have said that its members will be storming the Federal Capital Territory for a peaceful protest if the ongoing Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not called off. The organisation which comprises all Students Union Presidents across Federal Universities in Nigeria, had in a letter […]
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ASUU: NLC Speaks On Planned Protest
The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to go ahead with its planned protest next week. All affiliate unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Ekiti State said they have agreed to participate in next week’s solidarity mass protest organized by the NLC. The protest is in solidarity with university lecturers, to salvage the education […]
ASUU Strike: Aviation Union Threatens To Close Down Airports Nationwide
The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has threatened to close down the airports in solidarity with the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was contained in a statement issued by ANAP General Secretary, Abdulrasaq Saidu, on Monday. He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to find a lasting solution […]
ASUU: Lecturers Partaking In Elections Not Representing Us
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) has to informed that its members going to participate in the 2023 elections would be doing so on their own. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the union president revealed this during an interview session. According to the union, it withdrew from participating in elections in Nigeria because the system […]
ASUU Strike: SERAP Urges Buhari To End Industrial Action
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take steps toward ending the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. SERAP said the Buhari-led Federal Government is denying poor Nigerians access to education by failing to end the lingering ASUU strike. The body made the call in […]
ASUU Strike: NLC Tells FG To Respect Collective Bargaining Agreements With Unions
The Federal Government has been asked to honor the Collective Bargaining Agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other tertiary institution unions. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, made the call in the 2022 Easter message to workers and Nigerians with the theme, “Hope That Never Dies’’, on Monday in […]
ASSU Strike: Olubadan Appeals To ASUU/FG To Reach Compromise, Says Strike Wasting Our Children’s Time
Oba Lekan Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadanland, Alli Okunmade II, has enjoined stakeholders in the education sector to intervene towards a quick resolution of the logjam on the ongoing face-off between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He made the appeal at his Alarere residence, while playing host to the executive […]
Strike: Governing Councils Lack Capacity To Negotiate For Funding, Condition Of Service Of Universities With Union- ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the Governing Councils of state and federal universities lack the capacity to negotiate funding and condition of service of public universities with the union. Professor Ayo Akinwole, chairman of the UI chapter stated this while responding to the assertion made by the pro-chancellor of Osun State University […]
ASUU Sanctions Members For Flouting Ongoing Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi, has sanctioned some of its members for allegedly flouting the ongoing nation-wide warning strike. This is contained in statement issued and signed by Dr Joseph Chukwu, Secretary of ASUU, AE-FUNAI Branch, on Tuesday in Abakaliki and made […]
ASUU’s Ongoing Strike Illegal- FG
The federal government has condemned the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as illegal, appealing to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to advise the union to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its ongoing strike. “The university teachers are registered under the […]
Strike: FG Lacks Funds To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Ngige
The Federal government has said that Nigerian goverment lack funds to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), whose members are now on a warning strike. This was stated yesterday by the minister of labour during an interview on Channels Television. Ngige said the N1.3 trillion revitalisation fund was […]
Strike: FG Constitutes Committee To Renegotiate 2019 Agreement With ASSU
The Federal Government has constituted a renegotiation team to meet with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the the 2009 agreement it had with the union Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, announced the constitution of the committee in Abuja, on Thursday, as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to […]
ASUU Strike: Education Minister Walks Out On Protesting Students As Meeting End In Deadlock
The meeting between the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and protesting Nigerian students ended in a deadlock as the minister walked out on them. The students, in their hundreds occupied the gate of the National Assembly (NASS) on Monday morning, demanding that the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities […]
ASUU Strike: Emir Appeals For Calm As Students Stage Protest In Kano
No fewer than Hundreds of Nigerian students were reportedly troop out to the streets on Monday in Kano to protest the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which is still ongoing. The students, who began their demonstrations in Kofar Nassarawa Kano and marched to the Emir’s palace, denounced the strike as anti-education. They […]
ASUU Begins Mobilisation For Strike In Varsities
University lecturers are heading for another strike over the re-negotiated 2009 agreement with the Federal Government. it was learnt at the weekend. There are indications that the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on February 14 to review the implementation of some components of the agreement and […]
Strike: ASUU Denies Claim Of Receiving N52.12B From FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied claims by the federal government that it received N52.12 billion as part of the cumulatively earned allowance owed to the union. Addressing the press in Kano, the State Zonal Coordinator of the union, Professor Abdulkadir Muhammad, said only N22.17 billion was released as Earned Academic […]
ASUU Alerts Govt On Strike Action, Insists on 2009 Agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone, on Tuesday decried the poor attitude of the Federal Government towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement signed by both parties. The ASUU Coordinator in the zone, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, who addressed journalists at a press conference in Jos, Plateau State, said such a lackadaisical […]
ASUU Threatens Total Lockdown Of Universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Owerri Zone, has vowed to go on indefinite strike if the Federal Government does not follow the 2009 agreement. The union announced this at a press conference on Monday at Awka’s Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Imo State University […]
CAANU Enjoins FG To Honour ASUU Agreement To Avoid Strike
The Federal government has been enjoined to honour the agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent another industrial action. The Conference of Alumni Associations of Nigerian Universities (CAANU) stated this in a communique issued at the end of its fourth-quarter meeting, the association urged the government to consolidate the interactions […]