The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected moves by the Government to increase tuition fees in public universities and establish education banks. According to reports, this move was made known by the Chairman of Government Renegotiating Team with ASUU, Dr. Wale Babalakin, SAN. Announcing the Union’s disapproval at a briefing in Kano on Wednesday, Kano Zonal […]
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Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has threatened industrial action unless the Federal Government resumes negotiations on the 2009 agreement over the poor state of public Universities. The Union accused the Government of failure to pay the backlog of owed salaries, even after the presidential initiative on continuous audit verification. It also argued that the FG […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has released N22.68 billion to settle part of the retirement benefits of former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. According to NAN, the government has also approved the release of N20 billion to revitalise public universities in line with demands of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). Zainab Ahmed, minister […]
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The House of Representatives on Monday commenced investigation into the disbursement of N23 billion released by Federal Government to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Chairman, Committee on Tertiary Education of the House, Rep. Suleiman Aminu, requested for the breakdown of the disbursement, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. He said that the […]
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Four years after he caused the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi, Danladi Baba, a driver with Kogi Government House, Lokoja has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for reckless driving. Chief Magistrate Alhassan Husaini of Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court 11, who jailed Baba on Friday, said he found him guilty of reckless driving and causing […]
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The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has pulled out of the national body to form a new body following a feud between both sides. The feud between the national body and the chapter led to the disowning of OAU chapter by the national body. According to the resolution […]
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The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, has announced a conditional suspension of its nationwide strike and has directed lecturers to go back to work on Tuesday (today). The suspension of the strike which started on August 13, was announced at the end of a meeting with top government officials […]
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The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will meet on Thursday in Abuja to decide if the on-going strike action will be called off or continued. A source in the union, who pleaded anonymity, disclosed this to Premium Times, on Wednesday. “NEC will hold a decisive meeting tomorrow and will […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government have reached an agreement aimed at bringing the ongoing strike to an end. The agreement comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government delegation led by Adamu Adamu, minister of education. The leadership of ASUU, however, […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has assigned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to henceforth chair the concluding part of the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU, an umbrella association of lecturers in the nation’s universities, is demanding the full implementation of the 2009 agreements reached with the federal […]
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