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The National Industrial Court on Friday fixed September 19 to deliver a ruling on the Federal Government’s prayer asking the court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its seven months strike. The matter which was first mentioned on Monday was adjourned until Friday for further mention before Justice Polycarp Hamman. When
Students protesting the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, blocked the Ife-Ibadan road. While the action lasted, motorists and commuters were stranded for hours. The students gathered on the platform of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone ‘D’ South West. The group’s zonal coordinator, Olatunji Adegboye, during
The raging dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has kept many universities shut for more than seven months will shift to the Industrial court next Monday. ASUU had embarked on strike since Febr, uary 15 to protest alleged decay of infrastructure at the various institutions, as well
The Federal Government has said that it cannot agree to a percentage salary increase for the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, which it would not be able to implement. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment would
The Ministry of Education,Adamu Adamu alongside stakeholders such as the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede; Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed; Emeritus Professors Peter Okebukola and Nimi Briggs ; alongside all vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities have commenced a special closed-door session over the
After a series of heated discussions, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has decided to extend its ongoing strike, The PUNCH reliably learnt. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. ASUU had declared the commencement of a strike on Monday, February
Amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic staff union of Universities, the minister of education, Adamu Adamu is said to be out of the country, The PUNCH reliably learnt. A highly reliable source disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja. Though the source did not disclose the country the minister went to,
The Federal university , Dutsin-Ma branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has called for a total and indefinite strike by union members nationwide if the Federal Government continues to ignore the union’s demands. The ASUU members at the institution also called on the FG to “return to the new draft agreement of 2009
Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the,Academic staff union of Universities ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university sector as part of the understanding in
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has called on the Federal Government to, without further delay, register and recognise it as an academic staff union in the university system in Nigeria. This, the union said, had become necessary as it had met all conditions required for it to be so registered. The National Coordinator, Dr