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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Union by 12 weeks. The decision was taken on Monday at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU held at the Union Secretariat in Abuja. The report said ASUU NEC members, which comprises principal officers and branch chairmen, […]
The Committeea of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has reiterated the need for the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve lingering issues to end the ongoing strike. Chairman of the committee, Samuel Edoumiekumo, a professor, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in […]
As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. It was […]
Contrary to earlier reports that members of the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) called off their strike, after meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, the previous week, workers in the sector have come out to deny such claims. The denial was contained in a statement circulated by workers […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide strike in solidarity with the four university-based industrial unions. The threat came after the NLC met with the four university unions in Abuja, yesterday, over the failure of the federal government to address the concerns raised by the unions. The leadership of […]
The conflict between the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian government continues as the lecturers’ union has accused the Nigerian government, particularly the National Information Technology and Development Agency (NITDA), of deliberately frustrating resolution efforts. The Lagos Zone of ASUU, in a press statement issued on Tuesday, after a meeting held […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is currently having a meeting with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Abuja. The meeting, which started around 5pm on Monday, may have raised hopes of university students going back to school. It is also part of a last-minute move by the federal […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU reveals it has no plan to reopen public universities until their demands are met by relevant authorities. The Union also challenged the Federal Government to make public the result of the integrity test it conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS. On the issue of Integrated […]
Amid the ongoing shutdown of academic activities in public universities, the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the establishment of twelve (12) new private universities in the country. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been at loggerheads with the Federal Government since 2009 over an agreement reached which include the revitalization of universities. […]
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities – ASUU, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke while speaking to the media, accused NITDA of deliberately delaying and frustrating the process of the adoption of UTAS. He said the union and NITDA agreed to meet on Monday March 28, but NITDA released its statement on Saturday when “we […]