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ASUU Fresh Hopes As FG Reviews ‘No-work No-Pay’ Policy

ASUU: Fresh Hopes As FG Reviews ‘No-Work No-Pay’ Policy

September 7, 2022 5:23 am

The federal government has taken a major step toward finding solutions to its ongoing faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by setting up a tactical committee to review the no-work no-pay policy which the striking lecturers have kicked against.

The lecturers’ union has continued to maintain that its members have to be fully paid for the period they were on strike before they return to work.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the setting up of the committee came on the heels of a meeting by the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, with pro-chancellors, chairmen of …

Strke FG’s Recent Offer, Miserable - ASUU

‘We Don’t Need Your Support’ – ASUU President Blasts NANS

August 31, 2022 6:57 pm

The President of the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has made some open revealations that some of the unions had not asked for some of the students’ help before it embarked on a strike.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), president, Sunday Asefon, had also revealed that some of the students would no longer support the union’s call for intervention where he had also accused the ASUU body of being self-serving ad selfish.

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Reacting to the comment by the students’ leadership while speaking in …

FG Is Deliberately Killing Universities In Nigeria – ASUU Vents

FG Is Deliberately Killing Universities In Nigeria – ASUU Vents

August 27, 2022 4:41 pm

In lieu of the lingering strike action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have come out to opine that there is actually a deliberate action by the Nigerian Goverment to stifle and kill all public universities in Nigeria and this was being orchestrated by the Federal Government as a way of promoting private ones which are allegedly owned by the political class.

The union had also reiterated that the Federal Government of Nigeria had been calculatingly dribbling the union since 2017 from sincerely finding a permanent solution to the problem of ASUU/ Federal Government impasse, in order to end …

Strike ASUU To Hold Key Meeting With FG On Tuesday

Reason Our Last Meeting With FG Ended In Disagreement – ASUU

August 18, 2022 5:12 pm

While reacting to the massive backlash on them as a result of the bad turn their last meeting with the Federal Government took, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has come out to give a reason why the meeting with the Federal Government of Nigeria had ended in a deadlock.

ASUU had also revealed that it ad rejected the Federal Government’s offer because it is “miserable”.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke had also made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’.

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'Return To The Classrooms', Buhari Appeals To ASUU

‘Return To The Classrooms’, Buhari Appeals To ASUU

August 13, 2022 3:04 am
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has once more urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the current strike and return to the classrooms in the interest of the nation.
On Friday, Buhari made the statement in Maiduguri at the maiden Special Convocation Ceremony and conferment of Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters issued by the University of Maiduguri on Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy Resources Ltd.
Chief of Staff, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari represented the president
‘It’s more appropriate that we say something about this ASUU strike because we are celebrating Alhaji Indimi who is celebrated
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ASUU Strike: We’ve Taken Voluntary Conciliations – Ngige Reveals

August 2, 2022 8:01 pm

In lieu of the ongoing strike by the ASUU, Chris Ngige who is the Minister of Labour and Employment, has revealed that a measure of voluntary conciliation has been adopted to ensure a quick resolution of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Minister, Ngige had also made this disclosure of his plans on Tuesday at a three-day capacity-building workshop on International Labour Standards and Dispute Resolution in Nigeria in Abuja.

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The workshop is organised by the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) in collaboration …

Harvard Gbajabiamila Apologises To Nigerians After Outrage

Harvard: Gbajabiamila Apologises To Nigerians After Outrage

July 28, 2022 4:59 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has described his apologsied who were angered by his decision to post a picture of himself attending a leadership course at Harvard University in the United States of America, saying that his intention was not to be insensitive to the plight of Nigerian students.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Nigerian students are presently suffering from the shutdown of academic activities in public universities due to the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other unions.

Recall that the Speaker had come under serious fire on …

ASUU Urges Buhari To Meet With Renegotiation Committee

ASUU Mulls For Regulation Of Foreign Education For Public Officers

July 27, 2022 8:57 pm

In lieu of the lingering strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have made an open call for a bill to regulate how children of public officers would be able to enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria.

Prof. Kingdom Tombra, who is the Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, had made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in Yenagoa.

Recall that the NLC embarked on the nationwide protest in solidarity with the ASUU and other affiliate unions over the lingering …

NLC Proceeds With Fresh Mega Rally In Abuja Over Varsities Strike

NLC Proceeds With Fresh Mega Rally In Abuja Over Varsities Strike

July 27, 2022 10:02 am

Wednesday has seen some of the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC kicking-off their mega rally which is being held in Abuja to press home their request for the Federal Government of Nigeria to openly accede to some of the demands which had been raised by the unions within the Nigerian university system.

It has been previously reported that the unions had downed their tools for over 170 days and some of these unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Non Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions, NASU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian …

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ASUU: Transport, Power Sector May Shut Down As NLC Protests

July 26, 2022 11:11 am

Coming on the heels of the prolonged industrial action which had been embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and some other unions will begin a nationwide solidarity protest today as has been previously announced.

Africa Daily News, New York has also recalled that some of the university lecturers had on February 14, 2022, shut down most of the public universities in Nigeria over the inability of the Federal Government  of Nigeria to fully  implement some of the agreements the two parties entered into in previous years.

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Why Buhari Should Be Handling ASUU Crisis Personally – Obi

Why Buhari Should Be Handling ASUU Crisis Personally – Obi

July 25, 2022 5:47 am

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has explained why he believes that President Muhammadu Buhari should be the one handling the ongoing negotiations with the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) on a personal level saying that education must be prioritised. 

Speaking in this interview on Sunday, gave reasons why Nigerians should collectively work to salvage the country from an imminent collapse.

He stated called on the federal government to do everything within its powers to ensure that Nigerian students return to the classrooms warning of the implications of not doing so.

‘What we have …

How Ngige Elongated Nationwide Strike With Actions - ASUU

How Ngige’s Actions Elongated Nationwide Strike – ASUU

July 20, 2022 3:48 am
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has claimed that the actions and steps taken by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is one of the key factors responsible for the unexpected delay in resolving the issue between the Federal Government and the university lecturers.
The Union lambasted Ngige accusing him of hijacking the negotiation process at the early stage from the Ministry of Education, even though significant progress was already being recorded towards finding lasting solutions to the strike.
ASUU also accused the Minister of taking upon himself the role of unabashed protagonist in the ongoing
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