The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone has said there will be no resumption in public universities until renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented and the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) deployed. It’s Zonal Coordinator, Dr Salawu Muhammed Lawal, made this known during a press conference at the University of Abuja in […]
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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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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another 2months. The union had taken the decision during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in Abuja, on Sunday night. According to a member of the union, who spoke to DAILY POST on condition of anonymity, the two months is to […]
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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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Senator Chris Ngige, the Labour Minister has claimed the federal government does not have the money to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike on February, 14th. The union explained that the decision was taken due to the federal government’s delay to […]
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Students from different tertiary Institutions in Ondo State which was led by the National Association of University Students, NAUS, on Wednesday shut down the popular Akure/Ilesha highway while protesting the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The blockade generated heavy vehicular traffic along the highway, with numerous heavy-duty trucks and passenger […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja expressed the hope that the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14, would soon be ended. ASUU called its members out on the warning strike to compel the Federal Government to address their demands, some of which had been […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, met President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, for a briefing on the Federal Government-Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) negotiation. Kokomansion understands that ASUU commenced strike on February 14 to pressurize the government for the payment of outstanding N1.2trillion. The lecturers are also demanding the adoption of […]
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Popular Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has berated the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for walking out on students during a meeting on Tuesday. It was reported that the minister had an impromptu meeting with some members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, on Tuesday following the lingering strike embarked upon by the […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not call off the one-month warning strike it began on February 14. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, while on Channels TV Monday, emphasized that the union would not be backing down on the strike as the Federal government has consistently failed to keep […]
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