Tag: ASUU
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ASUU, FG’s suit adjourned till Feb 6
The Federal Court of Appeal has once again adjourned the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities to February 6, 2023. The government had in 2022 dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court over the failure of the union to call off its strike. Though the NICN ruled in favour of the government…
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Nigerian Labour Congress To Go On Strike Over Buhari Government’s Failure To Agree With University Lecturers, ASUU
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike if the Federal Government continues to ignore the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NLC also said it would hold a national protest within the 21-day ultimatum to the Nigerian government. The government has in the last…
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Strike : Why you should look for alternative means of survival – ASUU to it’s members
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday told students and their parents not to expect suspension of ongoing strike by its members soon, advising lecturers to seek alternative means of survival. The union’s Abuja Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Theophilus Lagi, who stated this at a briefing at the University of Abuja campus, vowed to press home…
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ASUU Pleads With Akeredolu To Fund AAUA
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State branch has called on the state governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, and other stakeholders in the state to save the institution from collapsing. The union said the university was suffering from under-funding and needed the state government to, as a matter of urgency, come…
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ASUU can’t claim varsity autonomy – Fed Govt
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) cannot claim to be autonomous when lecturers are paid by the government, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said on Wednesday. He said autonomy can only work when a university generates its resources to pay workers and meet its obligation. Ngige spoke while defending his ministry’s…
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Take Out IPPIS and the strike will be called off- ASUU tells FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) urged the Federal Government to leave the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as a condition to call off its ongoing strike in the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President said this in a statement made available on Sunday in Abuja that the ongoing strike may still linger…
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ASUU responsible for continued strike – FG
The face-off between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities has continued to deepen with the government insisting that Nigeria is the only country where lecturers walk away after shutting down Universities. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said these in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. He…
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FG Lied We Are Not Ending Strike – ASUU Chairman
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the alleged lies and propaganda employed by the Federal Government against the union will not force it to suspend the strike action. The union denied the claim by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, that it had suspended the six-month-old strike, saying such lies…
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ASUU Describes Proposed Buhari Vasity A Disaster
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the proposed plan to establish a private university after President Muhammadu Buhari by his wife, Aisha, as a disaster. It stated that the motive confirmed why the Nigerian leader had allegedly kept reducing the budgetary votes of education since he assumed office on May 29, 2015.…