Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

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We’ll Shut Down Airports Until ASUU Strike Is Resolved – NANS

September 18, 2022 4:57 am

In the face of a seven-month impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has made known its intentions to suspend the operations at all international airports nationwide.

The national body of NANS met over the weekend in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and condemned the way the Federal Government was treating the lecturers who were on strike as well as education in general.

Students stressed that the four-day closure of highways and expressways was a success, which is why they decided to stop international travel beginning …

ASUU Srike: NLC Moves To Hold One-Day Protest In Solidarity

July 1, 2022 5:04 am

Angered by the incessant industrial actions going on in the educational sector in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday announced that it has concluded plans to hold a one–day national protest to force the Federal Government to meet the demands of the striking university-based unions.

The congress pointed out that reports from a meeting of its Central Working Committee showed a painful lack of progress in the negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, and National Association of Academic Technologists.

The …

ASUU Strike: We Are Doing A Lot Behind The Scenes – FG

June 16, 2022 4:28 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has claimed that ‘a lot is happening behind the scenes’ as it continues to intensify efforts toward finding solutions to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this disclosure while responding to questions from State House correspondents after the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that ASUU had in February this year began their strike action and ever since then, all the public universities have …

ASUU Confirms Kidnap Of Two Profs, Others In UNIABUJA

ASUU Strike: Students Set To Protest Against Government

November 21, 2020 6:11 am

After eight months of sitting at home because of strike action by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigerian Students in federal universities have vowed to take to the streets in protest if the President Muhammadu Buhari government refuses to heed the demand of striking university lecturers.

Nigerian students have remained at home since March this year, because the Federal Government has failed to meet the demand of ASUU; the students unlike their counterparts in private universities and those studying outside the country are currently without access to education.

This situation has infuriated students, who say they …

Appointment, Promotion Using IPPIS Illegal – ASUU

June 30, 2020 4:28 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared that any appointment and promotions carried out under the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is illegal.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the union has been on strike since March 2020.

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ASUU declared the strike due to the failure of the government to fulfill agreement reached with the Union in relation to revatilisation funding of varsities, earned academic allowances, visitation panel to public school, proliferation of universities and their governance and conclusion of renegotiation of 2009 …