The House of Representatives, has called for a truce between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the management of the University of Abuja, over the current strike. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, said this when he received the Vice-Chancellor of the...
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J The Congress of University Academics (CONUA), University of Abuja Chapter has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Chairman, CONUA, University of Abuja Chapter, Prof. Abdul Buba, said this when the group paid a courtesy visit...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the union would not oppose any sanction against the lecturer allegedly involved in sex scandal in a video trending in the social media. Chairperson of ASUU, University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN), Dr Oyibo Eze, said this in Nsukka...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The National Association of Academic Technologists, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi branch, has berated the Federal Government’s for only paying the Academic Staff Union of Universities the four months salary backlog and neglecting the other three unions in the universities. The union described the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto on Wednesday gave scholarship to 14 indigent students. Giving insights into the scholarship, the ASUU Chairman of UDUS chapter, Prof Nuradeen Almustapha, said 2 of the 14 will get the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Zonal Coordinator, Sokoto Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Abubakar Sabo has decried that lecturers in Nigeria’s universities have been on same salary regime since 2009. Professor Abubakar, who made the disclosure at a press conference held in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed to the Federal Government to honour and implement the agreement the union entered with the government to forestall industrial action. ASUU Coordinator in charge of Kano Zone, Mr Abdulqadir Muhammad stated this at a news conference at the end...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put smiles on faces of some indigent students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) by providing financial assistance to help them in their education ASUU Trustee and Chairman National Visitation Panel of the union, Prof Sule-kano Abdullahi, disclosed this on Friday...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) branch, has decried the move by National Assembly to create additional 47 federal universities. UI ASUU Chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday on...
Key education stakeholders say government at national and sub-national levels must give the much needed attention and show sincere commitment to the development of the education sector, to make necessary impact in 2024. The stakeholders spoke against the backdrop of events that shaped the sector in the outgoing...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has awarded a N2 million scholarship grant to 10 brilliant indigent students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, Branch Chairman of the union, made this known in an interaction with newsmen on Saturday in Zaria. Jibril...
Some Vice-Chancellors, (V-C) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Tuesday expressed concern over the decline in the number of lecturers in the nation’s universities. The university education stakeholders bared their minds in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
By ARMSTRONG ALAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has condemned the killing of a 500 level student of the institution by assailants while trying to steal his phone. Recall that the final year Geology student, Joseph Agabaidu, who...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has assured Nigerians that it will not stop fighting for their rights and for the betterment of the educational sector in the country. National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the assurance in his speech...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Academic staff of the Plateau University, Bokkos, have embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demands. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the university, Dr Monday Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached. Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU, Dr Mwolwus Jurbe, who said this in an...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday affirmed the recognition of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions. The claimant in the suit, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), dragged the Minister of Labour and Employment, The...
Unions in the universities on Thursday resolved to burry their individual differences and work together in order to rescue the education sector and improve the welfare of members. The idea was floated at the 44th National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Chairperson, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Branch, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa has accused the Federal Government of discriminatory payment of salaries of its members during the 2022 industrial action. Dr. Inuwa said over 600 of its members...