The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will embark on a one-day nationwide protest to compel the Federal Government find immediate resolutions to contending issues with education sector unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba said this during the opening of the Congress’ Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on...
ASUU strike
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Lawmaker re-presenting Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom has given out palliative to members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who are currently on strike. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that ASUU has been on strike for the past...
Some students of Nigerian public universities have expressed frustration over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). Some of the students in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday appealed to Federal Government to meet at least 50 per...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to end the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in his contributions to the report of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation, during...
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D, on Monday threatened to shutdown major airports if the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued. NANS South West Zone Coordinator, Mr Adegboye Olatunji, made this known in Abuja on Monday, at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday tasked traditional and religious leaders in Nigeria to join forces with the government in the efforts to reduce the high number of out-of-school children estimated at 10.5 million and myriads of other challenges besetting basic education in the country....
Cubana Chief Priest, the popular Instagram celebrity, has pledged support for students engaging in peaceful protest to put an end to the ongoing Academic staff Union of Universities(ASUU) strike. According to Cubana, the crime rate keeps increasing because youths are not properly engaged. In a shared Instagram post on...
Some parents have expressed worry over the backlog of admissions following incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country. NAN reports that in 2020, ASUU went on a nine-month strike, which was the longest since 1999 and about two years later on Feb. 14,...
Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, on Monday barricaded the Akure-Ilesa Highway, protesting the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The action of the students forced many motorists and travellers to be stranded. The protesters blocked the highway at the...
The Federal Government is working on a funding structure for public universities in the country as part of moves to tackle the incessant strikes by lecturers in these institutions. This is according to the former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who noted that the government’s funding of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the decisions reached at its tripartite plus meeting with the university-based unions would start yielding fruits next week. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head, Press and Public...
The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, says the Senate will intervene in the lingering dispute between the Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by bringing them back to negotiation table. Lawan made the promise on Tuesday in Abuja to officials of the National Association of...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has directed all its structures and organs to block all federal roads in protest against the continued shutdown of public universities in the country. Against the backdrop of the extension of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),...
The Federal Government says it will resume its negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week, with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in his opening remark at a...
It has been revealed that the wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference. This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, entered its third month. According to...
Students from the University of Benin, the Edo State capital on Wednesday defied the early morning rain to embark on a protest against the continued strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students, who took their protest to the King Square area of the...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed it will not allow any political party hold a convention in Abuja to select any presidential candidate. The NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who disclosed this in a statement, said the reason for its stance is due to the ongoing strike by...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a communique jointly signed by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday said the state government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Management of the University stated this in a...