On Tuesday, the Federal Government will deliver a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), which is a breakaway section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This move is an attempt by the Federal Government to clip the wings of ASUU. Dr Chris Ngige, …
The Federal Government withdrew its circular ordering vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to reopen federal universities on Monday afternoon via the National Universities Commission. In a circular, the NUC directed all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of federal university governing councils to re-open universities. However, the development was met with criticism.The …
The Federal Ministry of Education stated on Monday that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has hampered the payment of bursaries to university students. Andrew Adejo, the ministry’s permanent secretary, announced this during the 2022 World Teachers Day press conference in Abuja.In 2021, MySchoolGist reported that …
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end its seven-month-old strike. The order was issued by Judge Polycarp Hamman on Wednesday in response to the federal government’s request for an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing ASUU strike.ASUU has been on strike since February …
The management of the Imo state university (IMSU) on Monday announced its withdrawal from the almost ongoing seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it had opened the university for academic activities. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri …
The National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja, deferred yesterday the suit filed by the Federal Government to challenge the continuing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, till September 16. The court, presided over by Justice P. I. Hamman, approved the suit for further consideration, despite the fact …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has confirmed the indefinite extension of its ongoing strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced on Monday that the strike will now be indefinite, which is in contrast to its usual practice of prolonging a strike for a set number of …
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, warned on Wednesday that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians whose children attend schools outside the nation. Osodeke spoke during a Twitter Space Webinar hosted by Premium Times and titled ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund, and the Way Forward’Students …
The Federal Government said on Thursday that the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ demand to be paid for the six-month strike period is impeding negotiations with the union. The FG emphasised that it would not give in to ASUU’s demands to be paid the backlog of salaries withheld throughout the …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has provided an explanation for why its most recent meeting with the federal government was unsuccessful. ASUU was presented with the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) at the Tuesday meeting that resulted in a stalemate.The union’s president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated in a …