Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.”...
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Every so often, our ears are jarred with the hackneyed ASUU claims about the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay university dons in federal universities salaries they refer to as “African Average”. They usually cite wonderful “examples” of salaries paid university lecturers in African countries such...
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the...
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE READY TO LET THE LAWS OF ITS UNIVERSITIES TO WORK WITHOUT INTEREFERENCE: The Governing Council of each federal university is the appropriate agency to engage its staff on ALL matters affecting them, not “Government”. Furthermore, the Public Service Rule (PSR) provides that all...
A Nigerian undergraduate has revealed she has gotten pregnant due to the lingering ASUU strike. The Academic union has been on strike since February 14, 2022. A video slide shared on her TikTok handle, showed the lady looking trim before the strike and another slide of her rocking her...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has said the Federal Government is considering an upward review of the salary of tertiary institutions’ lecturers to 23.5 per cent. The minister said salaries of professors would also be reviewed by 35 per cent. Adamu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja...
Many parents and candidates seeking admission into the universities for the 2022/2023 academic session have shifted their interest to private universities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey in Abia shows that private universities have become feasible alternatives due to the lingering strike by lecturers in public universities. The...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members remained resolute to get what public universities need from the Federal Government to survive and compete globally. Prof. Ayo Akinwole, the Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, made the assertions on Monday in Ibadan. Akinwole said that lecturers...
Some private universities in Northwest say the prolonged strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) , has resulted in increase in their admission figure. The institutions, based in Kano, Kaduna and Katsina, said although the ASUU strike was not something to celebrate because of its negative impact on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sell eight jets in his presidential fleet and use the proceeds to meet the demands of The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who are currently on an indefinite strike. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, gave the advise...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has urged state-owned universities to resume academic activities, describing the “total and indefinite strike” declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as “unpatriotic and wicked”. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday. Asefon alleged that...
Reactions have continued to trail the recent comprehensive, total and indefinite strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Some stakeholders who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday described the recent announcement by ASUU on the indefinite strike as disheartening and...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government over response its demands, and declares a “comprehensive, total and indefinite” strike. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President made this known in a statement issued at the end of the Union National Executive Council (NEC) emergency...
The never ending face off between ASUU and the Federal Government over financial matters is not new. Nor did it start today. It is a matter which every graduate of a Nigerian University of sixty years and below has had to contend with at one time or another. What...
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has meet to review its six-month-old strike. Sunday’s meeting started in the evening and the union, which has been involved in a protracted industrial dispute, is expected to make a decision about the strike. Despite several...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia has described the Federal Government’s Consolidated Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) as “unilateral”, hence unacceptable. The group’s position is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Chairman and Secretary of the union, Michael Ugwuene...
Kaduna State University (KASU) has said ASUU’s alleged description of the university staff as “quacks” was enough reason for its academic staff to pull out of the Union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the National President of ASUU, Prof. Victor Osodeke, on Aug. 26, was reported...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university. The KWASU Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, said this in a statement on...
Some students have appealed to Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve their differences, as they suggest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to fund the university system. The students, who recounted losses caused by the six months strike by ASSU, continued to express serious concern about the...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has called on the Federal Government to liberalise university unions by recognising and registering the congress. National Coordinator of CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, told a news conference in Abuja that liberalisation of academic unions would end incessant strikes in universities. He said the...