The National Universities Commission (NUC) has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop misleading Nigerians on the new varsity curriculum.nu The commission in a statement by Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, Dr Noel Saliu, on Friday in Abuja, said contrary to claims by ASUU, all universities were...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi Chapter, has said the authorities should have listened to the poor masses before the removal of Fuel Subsidy. Prof Oguguo Egwu, the state chairman of the Congress, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday declared that the Federal Government position of ‘ no work no pay” against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is legal. Delivering the judgment, Justice Benedict Kanyip declared that ASUU was not entitled to salary during the period it embarked on strike....
Prof. Tanko Ishaya, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, has described the academic staff as key stakeholders in the growth and development of public universities in the country. Ishaya said this at the 22nd National Delegates Conference of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held on Friday...
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the suit, the federal government dragged ASUU before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s...
The Federal Government on Wednesday informed the National Industrial Court of its decision to formally react to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s request for arbitration by May 11. ASUU filed the suit against the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Trade Unions ( RTU). The...
The Federal government on Tuesday , accused the Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU), not “showing good cause” in the pursuit of its suit before the National Industrial Court. Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN, counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education who are the claimants...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – After the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), questioned the distribution of the N320.3 billion released by the Federal Government for tertiary institutions in the country, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, on Thursday gave further breakdown on...
Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. The lecturers are embarking on a strike to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing workers salaries. The rationale behind...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday declared as valid the Minister of Labour and Employment’s referral to the court in the matter with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The claimants, the Federal government and the Minister of Education had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022...
The Federal Government says it will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase for civil servants to meet up with the economic realities in the country occasioned by inflation. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja...
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday pledged to end incessant lecturers strikes and resultant closure of the nation’s universities, if elected. Speaking in Yenagoa, during the party’s campaign in Bayelsa, Obi also promised to clean all the environmental pollution in the state, as well as other...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected the systematic disengagement of government from funding of Public Universities through the proposed introduction of education loan which has proven to be a monumental failure in Nigeria and some other countries where it was introduced....
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lecturers have been paid full salaries for the month of November by the Federal Government. However, the lectures’ eight-month arrears remain withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) chapter, on Monday protested what they called casualisation of intellectual workers in the country. Prof. Rasheed Adeoye, the former ASUU Chairman of the university, described half salaries reportedly paid by government to members of the union...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Students at the Federal and States Universities have been called up on to boycott the 2023 general election in protest against the federal government over its lukewarm attitude towards their education. The students who came out in solidarity protest with Academic Staff Union of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) branch has scheduled a one-day suspension of examinations for Tuesday, 22nd November, 2022 to protest against the non-payment of outstanding salaries and half payment of October salary. The Registrar, UNIMAID, Ahmad A. Lawan...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi Branch, has alleged that the Federal Government is not interested in funding public universities in the country. It said that the underfunding of public universities in the country under the pretext that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the union is not responsible for the current decay in public universities in the country. Associate Prof. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the union in the University of Jos stated this during a peaceful protest it organised on Tuesday in...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to stop provoking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in a dispute over wages. Mr Falana, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the lecturers should be paid their full salaries for months...