Among many other comments in the recent past, I heard some say that across the globe, funding education now comes with a crushing weight that government alone can no longer bear. To this group, it calls for private public-private partnership and support from good spirited individuals to the rescue....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government says that the meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be reconvened on Feb. 28, with the hope of calling off the one month warning strike embarked upon by the union. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and...
A Professor of Industrial and Commercial Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) , Joe Abugu, has lashed out at the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), over its stance on the conferment of professorial status on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, by the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the current petrol scarcity across the country, that exposed millions of Nigerians to great hardship, saying it has taken a position. NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, in a statement entitled; “’The Position of Nigerian Workers on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A faith-based human rights organisation, The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has disagreed with the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) on its stand regarding the professorial appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami). It will be recalled...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a one-month warning strike. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced this at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). According to him, the industrial action is “comprehensive and total”. More...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government remains committed to honouring promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes, engender uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of education institutions. The President made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Chapter has threatened to join the ASUU National Secretariat planned nation wide strike if the Federal Government do not implement the negotiations jointly signed by both the Federal Government and ASUU National officials....
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to release withheld salaries of resident doctors for the month of September and October 2021. The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari on Thursday. He explained that the...
The Bauchi Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the attitude of the Federal Government towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement with ASUU is forcing its members to embark on an indefinite strike. The Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, said this at a...
Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is planning to go on strike. Dr Samuel Alu, its chairman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Saturday that the planned strike is over non-payment of Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) of...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja said that it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a tripartite meeting organised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all issues in the December 2020 Agreement. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Monday while addressing reporters in Abuja. He warned that the union might be compelled to embark...
*** Demand payment of 12 months minimum wage arrears of members ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi chapter under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, have rejected the proposed sharing...
*** Says Pantami not qualified to be professor ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi branch, has faulted the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Abdulazeez Muhammad, for sending a congratulatory message to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has called on the Federal Government and security agencies for immediate rescue and release of all abducted members and staff of the university. The Chairperson of the branch, Dr Kasim Umar, made the call on Thursday at a...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An Associate Professor of Political Science, Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa state, George Genyi, has stated that Nigeria has become “repressive and authoritarian” with corruption at its highest level. He stated this while speaking at a ‘state of the nation summit’ organized by the Academic Staff...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has disclosed that the federal government had planned to increase the school fees of university students to N1 million but the union rejected the idea. He stated this while answering questions...