National Assembly member and Senator representing Southern Borno, Sen Mohammed Ndume has asked the Federal Government to resolve the prolonged labour dispute with Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to prevent collapse of the university system. Ndume spoke in Maiduguri, Borno capital in an interview with journalists Thursday. “The ASUU issue is far from being […]
Education
University Lecturers Are Entitled To Full Payment Of October 2022 Salary
By:Bello Galadi, When ASUU called- off its 8- month strike on 12th October, 2022, I was happy because I thought the dust has finally settled. The current issue has to do with the payment of half salary for October, 2022 to the University Lecturers by the Federal Government. The Government argued that the Lecturers, having […]
Anxiety As ASUU Decides On Shutting Down Universities
Less than one month after the Academic Staff Union of Staff Universities, ASUU, suspended its 8-month industrial action, the union and the Federal Government are back on a warpath. Already, the National Executive Council of the ASUU is set to meet on Monday (tomorrow) to decide whether to embark on another strike or not. The […]
UNIJOS Lecturers Ordered To Stay At Home Indefinitely Over Oct Half-Salary
The Academic Staff Union of Universities,(ASUU) University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter has ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government. The ASUU branch made this known in a statement on Friday, November 4, 2022, which was signed by the branch chairperson, Professor Lazarus Maigoro. Recall, […]
Half Salary: ASUU Vows To Withhold Students’ Results
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University chapter, has said it will withhold the examination results of students and will discontinue the supervision of undergraduates and postgraduates projects should the government fail to release the withheld salaries for members of the union for the period while they were on strike. The union made […]
Buhari’s Govt Silent As ASUU Mulls Fresh Strike Over Half-Salary
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) might soon embark on another industrial action, following the decision of the Federal Government to pay the lecturers half salaries for the month of October 2022, It was reported that the government only paid lecturers for 18 working days in the month of October. Recall that on Friday, […]
Don’t Let ASUU Embark On Another Strike, Gbajabiamila Tells FG
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not embark on industrial action in the country again. Gbajabiamila said this via a statement issued on Friday in reaction to the suspension of the eight-month-old strike by ASUU. The […]
ASUU Finally Suspends 8-Month-Old Strike
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 told Channels TV early Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting […]
Zamfara Gov’t Announces Reopening Of 45 Schools
Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Matawalle has announced the reopening of forty-five schools in the state. The report said no fewer than seventy-five schools were shut down in Zamfara following incessant attacks by bandit terrorists and kidnappers in the state months ago. The statement reads: “While reopening the schools, we categorised them into […]
FG Completes Process On Reviewed Remuneration Package For Teachers
Federal government through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission has completed work on the reviewed remuneration package for teachers in basic and secondary schools including provisions for rural posting allowance, science teachers’ allowance and peculiar allowance. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the occasion of World […]