Tag: ASSU
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Atiku Challenges Tinubu Over Subsidy Savings As ASUU Strike Threat Returns
By Opeyemi Adelakun Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has renewed his criticism of the Federal Government’s fuel subsidy removal, arguing that the latest threat of industrial action by university lecturers raises fresh questions about how the resulting savings have been used. Atiku, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public…
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ASUU Pay Crisis Deepens As Universities Struggle To Honour Tinubu’s 40% Salary Increase
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Federal Government’s promise of a 40 per cent salary increase for university lecturers is threatening to become another flashpoint in Nigeria’s already troubled tertiary education sector, as several universities struggle to translate the agreement into actual payments. More than eight months after the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of…