The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally. A member of the union’s National Executive Committee disclosed this on Friday October 14, 2022. According to a report, the union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the […]
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Dr John Edor, Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar branch, has said that there have been some understanding and shifting of grounds with a view of resolving the strike. Edor, who spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar after a congress of the union, said that the truce was as
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The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have reached an agreement to call the ongoing strike. Disclosing this via its Twitter handle, ASUU announced that the FG has agreed to pay universities’ eight-month salaries. “The federal government has agreed to pay the universities’ salaries for the past eight months, so classes can
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Chairpersons of various chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have raised concerns over resumption of academic activities on January 18. Expressing their concerns on Sunday, ASUU said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. Recall that, tertiary institutions took a break from academic activities as a result of both the COVID-19
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University chapter, has rejected the shortlisted candidates for the position of the vice-chancellor of the institution. The union, in a letter dated January 1, 2021, and addressed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, raised the alarm over alleged irregularities by the selection committee. In the letter signed by its
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, has imposed sanction on 240 members for enrolling into the federal government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) initiative opposed by the union. The resolution, which was arrived at during the ASUU-UNILAG congress held on December 29, 2020, was signed by the
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The Academic Staff Union of University, has suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020. The union announced the suspension of the 9-month old industrial action at a press conference held Wednesday morning in Abuja. ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who led other National Executive Committee of the union to the
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The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi has reiterated that the federal government should not expect lecturers to resume without the payment of their salaries. While disclosing this in a statement on Sunday December 6, 2020, Ogunyemi noted that government should not expect lecturers to resume without being paid. The statement says that the union
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advocated that public office holders in the country be banned from sending their children/wards to study in tertiary institutions abroad. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the zonal Coordinator, Prof. Olu Olu Olufayo and the FUTA ASUU branch Chairman, Dr. Olayinka Awopetu, on Sunday November
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The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have reached an agreement to suspend the integrated Payroll and Personel Information System. The FG agreed to the demand by the Union after weeks of serious negotiations and foot-dragging. The FG also suspended a number of issues which include the insistence that all the academic
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The hopes of several University students to return to schools soon seem to have been dashed, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government (FG) has not demonstrated any willingness to end the strike. It has refused to meet any of its demands to warrant students resumption despite various
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has disclosed reasons why the ongoing strike may continue for years. While disclosing this in a statement released on Sunday November 8, 2020, the Union decried the nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government to its demand. The Union reported that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige,
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday condemned the murder of harmless and largely peaceful #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki and other parts of the country. The Union stated that killings in the ongoing protest is crime against humanity and called on the United Nations to show serious interest in the descent to totalitarianism by
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State chapter, has asked the students of the institution to ignore the directive of the state government to resume academic activities on Monday. The state government had last week ordered schools at all levels in the state to resume after
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has agreed to disburse N30 billion as part payment of the Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was disclosed by Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige after a meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU on Friday in Abuja. “The Accountant
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The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, has reiterated the readiness of the university lecturers to prevent incessant attacks on the autonomy of Nigerian universities. While disclosing this on Friday October 9, 2020, Ogunyemi stated that the lecturers would fight against any attempt by the by the Federal Government to weaken
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has explained that it derives no pleasure in disrupting the academic calendar of tertiary institutions through strikes. On Monday September 28, 2020, the Union expressed its displeasure about the ongoing strike. In a statement by chairperson and secretary of Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter of the union, Comrades Tukur
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The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has urged the Federal Government to negotiate with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities. While disclosing this on Monday September 7, 2020, chief Babalola stated that the FG should try to pay the salaries of the lecturers and equip public universities to make them
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Lecturers at the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), have dissociated themselves from the sundry allegations leveled against the Vice Chancellor, Prof Kayode Soremekun. This was disclosed in a letter addressed to the Governing Council and signed by the Chairman, Ayodeji Ige, and secretary, Omofunmi Olorunwa, on Wednesday August 26, 2020. The lecturers under the auspices
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected discussion about ending the ongoing strike. While speaking on behalf of the Union in Tuesday August 18, 2020, the ASUU president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said the strike would not end if the federal and state governments fail to pay all outstanding arrears owed its members. Ogunyemi, who
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