The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) opposes plans by the government to raise the tuition costs associated with receiving a university education. According to ASUU, this move could put higher education out of reach for economically disadvantaged students. The Union also expressed Continue Reading
To prevent a repeat of the protracted industrial action by the federal university lecturers, the federal government has been admonished to urgently address lingering issues with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Outgoing international president of Ibadan Varsity Christian Union Alumni Fellowship, IVCUAF, Dr Emmanuel Ajala stated this while Continue Reading
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Some students and business operators at the University of Ibadan have reacted to the eight monthly strikes suspended by the University striking lecturers. A Master Student of Microbiology, Ridwan Adeagbo, 500 Level Student of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, Dorcas Kayode and a 600 Level student of Veterinary Medicine, Joshua Akinniyi said the strike should […]Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight-month-old strike. The decision was taken at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, NEC held at ASUU national secretariat in Abuja . ASUU Chairman, University of Abuja chapter, Professor Kasim Umar who confirmed the suspension to our correspondent said the Union’s president, Professor Continue Reading
Nigerians have been baring their mind on the assurance by the Speaker, the Federal House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila and the National President, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU that the lingering strike would come to an end within days. The assurance followed recent intervention by the Lower Chamber on the crises and […]Continue Reading
The court of appeal in Abuja has ordered the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its industrial strike action and to return to work immediately. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application filed by the ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the […]Continue Reading
One of the items of the sustainable development goals is access to quality education. In Nigeria at present however , over 7 months ASUU strike has destabilized the school’s academic calendar and also crippled business activities around varsities. The 7months plus strike did not only affect business activities, academic calendar has been destabilized for the Continue Reading
The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday afternoon withdrew a circular directing the reopening of federal public universities. The directive was given to Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors and Governing Councils to re-open Federal Universities. The government had in a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 addressed to all Continue Reading
The Federal Government has ordered the vice-chancellors of universities to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on strike for about seven months now. Recall that the federal government went to court to challenge the action of the association. Last week the national industrial court through Polycarp […]Continue Reading
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde said Nigerians should cast their votes in defence of good governance during the forthcoming general elections in 2023. Governor Makinde, who stated this while speaking at the Special thanksgiving church service to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence anniversary, held at the Cathedral of St. Peters, Aremo, Ibadan, said that […]Continue Reading
Vehicular movement is at a stand-still at both the local and international airports in Lagos as the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS protest the continued stay at home of students due to the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU strike. All the access roads into the airports have been condoned off by the students […]Continue Reading
The suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been adjourned, The matter came up before Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The Federal Government on Monday urged the National Industrial Court to order ASUU to […]Continue Reading
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will commence its meeting by 4pm Today. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. A member of the […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has inaugurated the chairmen of the governing councils of the state-owned tertiary institutions with an appeal to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to find a lasting solution to the protracted strike by the university lecturers. Inaugurating the Governing Councils and Members of the Library Continue Reading
Academic Staff Union of Universities has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal Government’s poor treatment of its members which it said had forced many to venture into other sources of livelihood. National President, ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, […]Continue Reading
It is six months since the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, commenced strike following an impasse with Federal Government over unfulfilled agreements.Consequently, students have borne the brunt of the imbroglio, being out of the academic environment trying to cope with the recurring decimal. For some, it is not a new experience, as they had […]Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its strike by another four weeks to give the Federal Government more time to meet its demands. The union took the decision at the end of its National Executive Council meeting at its national secretariat in Abuja on Sunday. In a statement by its President, Prof […]Continue Reading
The House of Representatives says it will intervene actively in the dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal government. The Chairman House Committee on labour, Muhammad Wudil, made the remark when he led other members of the house to receive the Nigerian Labour Congress and its affiliate unions who were in […]Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the union will not call off its six-month-old strike action until the federal government meets their demand. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Ministry of Labour and Employment, led by Dr Chris Ngige of a “Conciliator” for not […]Continue Reading
The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to hold its meeting in the first week of August, 2022. Report says, a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the strike which enters its 155th day on Tuesday, 19th July, will be taken at the meeting. ASUU on […]Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress has announced plans to commence a two-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in solidarity with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was disclosed in a circular issued to all the state chairmen of the NLC. The circular signed by the National President of […]Continue Reading
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the adoption of a transparent payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability Solutions, UTAS, is critical to resolving the current strike action by the Union. According to ASUU, UTAS has been proven to be a flawless payment platform but lamented that the deep-rooted penchant for corruption […]Continue Reading
The Federal Government says, the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon be called off. This was as it said there are no plans to establish an alternative payment platform for all the labour unions in tertiary institutions. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this while fielding questions […]Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says its members are not beggars and that the stoppage of their salaries by the government won’t force them to call off their strike. The leadership of the union also commended the members for keeping faith with the union despite the hardship imposed on their families as a result […]Continue Reading