By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – Union leaders at the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) compromising of academic and non-teaching staff members have rejected a staggered payment plan for the salaries and allowances owed them by the management. The workers have been on strike over the non payment of the...
ASUU strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to honour the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement or face a nationwide industrial action. ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, issued this warning during a news conference in Abuja on Friday. He stressed the importance of the government fulfilling its promises...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, on Thursday, resumed its suspended indefinite strike over government’s failure to honour previous agreements with it. This is contained in a statement issued by institution’s ASUU Chairman, Dr Peter Adam, made available to newsmen in Kaduna. Adamu...
Industrial action that may cripple academic activities in the nation’s public universities is imminent following a plot allegedly hatched by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) in cahoots with officials of the Federal Ministry of Education to frustrate the release of about N300 billion University...
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Dr David Oyedepo, has urged the Federal Government to improve funding of the education sector to reduce continuous strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Oyedepo gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Kefas Agbu has appealed to students of Taraba State University (TSU), Jalingo to shelve their planned protest. In a statement released by the Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communication to the governor, Emmanuel Bello, stressed that sources had revealed that...
The students of Taraba State University (TSU) Jalingo have suspended their planned peaceful demonstration against strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), giving the state government until Friday to resolve the crisis. The National Union of Taraba State Students (NUTASS) President, Aliyu Sulaiman on Tuesday, while...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Taraba State University chapter has commenced an indefinite strike, citing six key conditions that must be met before they resume classes. According to a press statement by the chapter’s chairperson, Dr. Garba Mbave Joshua, the strike is...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are currently holding a meeting to avert the strike notice issued by the union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which started at about 2.17 p.m. at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of...
The Federal Government will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Monday to address the strike notice issued by the union. Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists during a briefing on his...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that strike is not imminent, if the Federal Government implements the agreements reached, in the next two weeks. President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday (NAN). It would...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday ended their closed door meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably resolve to avert strike. The parties also agreed to kick-start a communication process to avert the planned industrial actions by...
National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has appealed to the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to find common grounds to prevent disruption in the academic calendar. The NANS Senate President, Mr Henry Okunomo, stated this on Sunday in Akure at a news briefing. The...
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, says the union would not call off its strike until all issues are addressed. The branch Chairman, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the members were not working....
The Management of the university of Abuja (UniAbuja) says academic and administrative activities on campus will go on in spite of reported strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Vice-Chancellor (VC) UniAbuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, said this at a meeting with Provost, Deans, Directors and...
Benue State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has suspended its strike. This is containing a statement issued and Signed on Wednesday in Makurdi by the ASUU Chairman and Secretary, Kwaghfan Tarnongo and Terrumun Gajir. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that academic...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Failure of the management of the Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the institution, the strike embarked upon by the union has continued. Speaking exclusively with NATIONAL ACCORD in his...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benue State University (BSU) chapter, has commenced an indefinite strike over the school`s management`s inability to keep to its agreements with the union. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Comrade Kwaghfan Tarnongo, Chairperson and...
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has called on the administration of President Bola Tinubu to make as one of its priorities, a determination never to allow Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) and other education unions to embark on strike again. Miftaudeen Thanni, immediate past Amir...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives has denied committing himself to offsetting the arrears of salaries owed members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government. The denial is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Chairman House of Representatives Committee...