There seem to be hope for Nigerian universities as the non-teaching staff (NASU, SSANU, NAAT) have had a successful meeting with representatives of the federal government and have accepted a proposal. However, the strike does not end immediately, as they have asked to be given some time to end it. Samson Ugwoke, the National President […]
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The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Wednesday declared a nationwide indefinite strike. The national chairman of JOHESU, Mr. Biobelemoye Josiah during a media briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday said the strike will become effective on Thursday. He stated that the union on August 14 issued a 30-day ultimatum to the Federal Government which he said expired on September […]
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The president of the United Labour Congress (ULC), Joe Ajaero announced the suspension of its industrial strike action which was embarked on recently. This is coming after a meeting between the Labour Minister, Chris Ngige and the workers of the union in Abuja, on Wednesday. The Labour Minister had last week threatened to sanction members […]
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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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If there was any hope that ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will be suspended, it has all been dashed on Friday as the federal government breached agreement reached with the doctors on Wednesday. Specifically, the government failed to pay the backlog of salary arrears to the doctors as it promised […]
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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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Despite the long meeting between resident doctors and a federal government delegation, officials have said the strike will continue. The meeting in Abuja ended in the early hours of Thursday between the leaders of the striking doctors, NARD, and a federal government delegation that included the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and that of health, […]
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The joint action committee of Non-Teaching Staff of Universities, made up of SSANU, NASU, NAAT has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide strike on September 11. The directive is coming a month after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a strike, shutting down some universities. The committee comprises the National […]
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the Federal Government’s (FG) offer, and have therefore commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the FG to meet its demands. The decision to go on strike is coming after after the association’s national executive council meeting which ended in the early hours of Monday […]
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