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The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The suspension is expected to take effect from Wednesday. According to the education minister, the Federal Government
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government. He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six
The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the government will not allow the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to plunge it into another burden of borrowings. Keyamo made this assertion while speaking during an interview with ‘Politics Today’ on Channels TV on Friday. Read Also : FG excludes state varsities,
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again extended the ongoing strike by four weeks. President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who disclosed this via a statement on Monday, said the decision was to give the government enough time to resolve all outstanding issues with the lecturers. Noting that the body conveyed an
Some Nigerians on social media, Tuesday, expressed displeasure over the resumption of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila in a university in the United States of America amidst the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The PUNCH reports that academic activities in public universities in Nigeria have been shut
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its preparedness to commence a three-day warning strike from Thursday, which would be immediately after their 2-day nationwide protest that begins today. But the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has advised business owners not to shut down their operations in response to the workers’ solidarity
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP),Mr.Peter Obi in this interview, gives reasons why Nigerians should collectively work to salvage the country from an imminent collapse. Among other issues, he revealed why he gave up his resident permits of other countries. You have consistently maintained that education is the bedrock of development. Now, let’s look at this
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to hands off negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr Buhari, who gave the directive during a briefing by the heads of the various concerned ministries, departments and agencies of government on Tuesday in Abuja, also okayed the suggestion by the
Human rights activist and senior lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to submit a supplementary budget for the appropriation of the sum of N200 billion required to revamp federal universities across the country. According to Mr Falana, this will go a long way in ending the months-long strike of the Academic Staff Union