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 …
The University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) have been approved for use by the government, according to the union’s president. For the umpteenth time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership will meet with officials of the Nigerian government on Tuesday to possibly finalise talks on the renegotiated 2009 …
The ongoing examinations at Kaduna State University (KASU) have been labelled a violation of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations in academic institutions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Kaduna State University’s administration held semester examinations for their students a few weeks ago, urging lecturers …
Orji Kalu, Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari to put additional pressure on his ministers to terminate the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ongoing strike (ASUU).In a post that he made on Facebook on Wednesday, Mr. Kalu instructed members of ASUU to work toward making …
Only a few hours before the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned a two-day nationwide protest calling on the federal government to settle the entitlements of striking lecturers, bizarre events rocked Ile-Ife on Monday when primary school students staged a peaceful demonstration to urge the federal government to find a long-term …
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced its support for the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) planned two-day rally in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).Comrade Sunday Asefon, the president of NANS, made this announcement in Abuja on Wednesday.He praised the NLC’s leadership …
On Wednesday, the Federal Government and labour unions came to blows over the groups’ insistence on continuing with their plans for two days of nationwide protests, which are slated to take place on July 26 and 27.No fewer than 40 unions, including aviation workers, will march in sympathy with the …
President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, to end the long-running strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions.President Buhari issued the directive on Tuesday, following briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies, and Departments involved in resolving the dispute with …