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ASUU Strike: ASUU, FG Meet In Abuja

ASUU: Why We Haven’t Called Off Strike

October 27, 2020 8:12 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.

The UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU in place of government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

ASSU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH said the government needed to give the clearance to National Information Technology Development Agency to conduct integrity test on UTAS.

“The integrity test will be handled by NITDA, it is government that will …

Despite meeting Senate President, ASUU says strike continues

Despite Meeting Senate President, ASUU Says Strike Continues

October 13, 2020 3:47 am
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says its nationwide strike continues despite meeting with Senate President on Monday.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan met with leadership of ASUU on Monday where he appealed to them to go back to the classroom.

But ASUU, in a statement on its twitter handle said it would now meet with its members in an internal meeting, but that till then, the strike continued.

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According to ASUU, ‘The Senate President appealed to the FG and ASUU to be ready to sheath

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We Will Soon Expose Those Feeding Fat On IPPIS – ASUU

October 12, 2020 8:32 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will soon expose those feeding fat on the adoption of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, by the Federal Government as its payment platform.

This is just as the union alleged that some people in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation are subverting its efforts to reach an understanding with the Federal Government on the controversial payment system.

The National President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this on Sunday in an interview with NAN.

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ASUU Justifies Strike, Condemns Increased Petrol, Electricity

September 7, 2020 3:56 pm

Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked students to understand that its strike was caused and sustained by the imposition of the new remuneration regime by the federal government on lecturers.

The Yola Zonal chapter of the union which comprises members from Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States and which articulated its response to its ongoing strike during a press briefing in the Adamawa State capital on Monday, similarly condemned the federal government for allowing hikes in petrol price and electricity tariff.

Read Also: ASUU Berates FG Over New Fuel Pump Price, Electricity Tariff

“The coercion of our …

ASUU berates FG over new fuel pump price, electricity tariff (1)

ASUU Berates FG Over New Fuel Pump Price, Electricity Tariff

September 6, 2020 1:47 pm

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has flayed the Federal Government over the recent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol as well as the electricity tariff.

The Akure zone of ASUU, which frowned over the development after its zonal meeting at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, also condemned the proposed plans to re-open schools.

According to the Union during a press briefing over the weekend, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has not been forthcoming over the anti-masses policies of the federal government.

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ASUU: Our Public Universities Are Still Unsafe For Reopening

ASUU: Our Public Universities Are Still Unsafe For Reopening

September 1, 2020 7:46 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, has said it was still unsafe at this time for the nation’s public universities to reopen for academic activities.

It also said even at that, the union is still on its industrial action which it commenced since March nationwide and would only call it off when demands are addressed by the government.

The Lagos Zone coordinator of the union, who is a lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB), Prof Olusiji Sowande, gave this position in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday evening.
According to him, there …

FG Has No Plans For Re-Opening Of Universities – ASUU

FG Has No Plans For Re-Opening Of Universities – ASUU

August 22, 2020 3:24 pm

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action.

National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Professor Ogunyemi said the federal government has continually failed to fulfill its Memorandum of Action agreed in 2019, insisting that the federal government may trigger another round of crisis should it force ASUU members into the IPPIS Scheme.

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He noted that unlike other sectors, nothing has been …

FG Has No Plans For Re-Opening Of Universities – ASUU

ASUU Gives Condition For Resumption Of Talks With FG

August 19, 2020 5:38 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its members to pave way for further discussions on the outstanding issues of 2019 Memorandum of Action.

The President of the association, Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ogunyemi said five months salaries of ASUU members in some universities were still withheld by the Accountant General of the Federation on account of non-registration on IPPIS.

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According to him, thousands of other …

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Your Virtual Matriculation Is A Scam’- ASUU To Osun Uni

May 16, 2020 12:47 pm

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Saturday described the virtual matriculation organised by the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Professor Labode Popoola as a scam.

Africa Daily News gathered that Osun State University recently conducted a virtual matriculation exercise attended by only principal officers of the institution led by the Vice-Chancellor.

But, ASUU while reacting, lashed out at the Vice-Chancellor.

The union alleged that the Vice-Chancellor was aiming to use the virtual matriculation to get financial favour from the federal government.

ASUU stated that its strike action was ongoing to get the federal government to commit funds to

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ASUU: Our Public Universities Are Still Unsafe For Reopening

Strike Action: ASUU, FG Reach Concrete Proposals

March 18, 2020 5:21 am
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the union.

Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President said this in Abuja while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed-door reconciliatory meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The meeting which began by 3 p.m ended at about 11 p.m on Tuesday.

ASUU began the warning strike on March 9, 2020, after disagreement with the Federal Government over issues of revitalization of universities, earned academic allowance.

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UNILAG Council Followed Due Process To Remove VC – Babalakin

Babalakin Is Destroying UNILAG Because Of His Private Uni

March 12, 2020 6:15 am
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Chapter, Dr Adebayo Olusoji Oni, has accused Dr. Wale Babalakin of plans to ‘pull down’ the University of Lagos (UNILAG) because he wants to establish his own private university.

 

Wale Babalakin is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of UNILAG Governing Council.

The University of Lagos Chapter of ASUU, on Wednesday, declared Babalakin as a persona non grata, for allegedly being instrumental to the postponement of the University convocation, which was supposed to hold last week.

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ASUU Strike - Unilorin Suspends Exams, Joins Action

ASUU Strike: Unilorin Suspends Exams, Joins Action

March 11, 2020 10:59 am

For the first time in 20 years of uninterrupted academic calendar, the University of Ilorin’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU chapter joined the two weeks warning strike declared by the national body over the IPPIS controversy.

DAILY POST reports that consequently, academic activities have been paralysed at the main campus of the institution due to the strike by the union over the refusal by the federal government to pay the February salaries of the university teachers.

The Federal government hinged the delay in payment of salaries in the failure of teachers to enroll for the integrated payroll and

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