Tag: ASUP
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Education sector crisis: A future that is ruined – By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is at a tipping point regarding security, human capacity development and economic growth. However, the biggest challenge we face as a country is not about the challenges of today but a bleak future stirring Africa’s biggest economy and the most populous Black nation in the face. Looking beyond the 2023 general elections, one sees…
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Public Polytechnics :ASUP to embark on two-week warning strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics will embark on a two week warning strike to drive home their demands. ASUP appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the government so that the polytechnics across the country are not shut indefinitely. The union’s National President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, made the call on Wednesday after declaring a…
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Why we withdrew from participating in elections in Nigeria- ASUU
Returning Officers in elections announce results which have allegedly been written
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No resumption of universities until the renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented- ASUU
Members are ready to return to their duty posts as soon as their demands are met by the Federal Government
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Strike: ASUP gives FG 1 month ultimatum to address outstanding issues
Several states had refused to implement the new minimum wage
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Trouble looms as ASUP rejects five ‘unqualified rectors’ appointed by FG in new polytechnics
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has accused the Federal Government of appointing five unqualified persons as rectors in newly established federal polytechnics, in violation of the subsisting Act. The ASUP National President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, who stated this at the 100th National Executive Council meeting of the union in Auchi, on Wednesday, said…
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ASUP threatens strike over unresolved issues
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has threatened to embark on strike from April 6, over what it described as “unresolved issues with the Federal Government and some states. ASUP gave the notice in a communique at the end of its 99th National Executive Council meeting on Friday, in Katsina. In the communique, signed…
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ASUP petitions Abia govt. over 20 months unpaid salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has sent a petition to the National Human Right Commission over 20 months unpaid salaries by Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, National President of ASUP, stated this in a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the commission and made available to newsmen on Sunday…
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Polytechnic lecturers give FG 21 days strike notice
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to withdraw their services after 21 days if the Federal Government fails to address some issues bedeviling the polytechnic education system in Nigeria. ASUP issued the ultimatum during its National Executive Council meeting at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra on Thursday. The resolution was entitled “Renewed…
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Owo Poly shut following ASUP’s protest
The management of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State, on Tuesday closed down the school. The Acting Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Sule Atiku, said this in a press statement he released on Tuesday. He said that the management took the decision to avert any likely crises that might arise following the protest embarked…