As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, wraps up on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. Also […]
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Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of Lagos State Governor, has warned that the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is a ticking time bomb. According to her, the devil would find work for idle students sitting at home doing nothing, insisting that all hands must be on deck to end the ASUU strike. Sanwo-Olu said […]
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The Federal Government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions who are currently on strike to embrace dialogue. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President, made the appeal during the 2022 International Workers Day celebration on Sunday in Abuja with the theme, `Labour, Politics and the Quest for […]
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Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told the federal government to return to the negotiation table with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and other striking labour unions to end the lingering strike action. The Presidential hopeful under the PDP stated this in a statement on Sunday in commemoration of International workers day, […]
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians in many ways. The union made this disclosure on Sunday. ASUU, said that the president has failed the electorate in many ways. The union in a statement signed by Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Professor Ayo Akinwole, enjoined […]
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A Yoruba youth group, Oodua Youth Coalition, has slammed the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, for purchasing the N100 million APC presidential nomination forms amidst the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement OYC signed by its National President, Oluyi Tayo, described the action of the junior Minister […]
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There are indications that the Federal Government is not perturbed by the ongoing strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari granted approval for the establishment of 12 new private universities. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, who […]
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Vice chancellors of Nigerian universities have said that public universities might not absorb the consequences of another prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if the outstanding issues are not quickly resolved. The vice chancellors made this disclosure in a resolution of the 80th meeting of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of […]
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