Tag: Asuu strike
-
S’West NANS kicks against FG suit against ASUU
The South-West National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has distanced itself from the suit instituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This follows the suit by the NANS factional President, Umar Farouk, against some ministers and striking university lecturers. This is contained in astatement signed by five…
-
ASUU Strike : Buhari meets committee of Pro-Chancellors in Abuja
A meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and some selected members of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of the universities owned by the Federal Government is currently holding in Abuja. Reports have it that the meeting is taking place at the state house in Abuja and that it’s connected with the lingering industrial action embarked upon by…
-
ASUU strike: Court to deliver ruling in FG’s prayer Sept. 19
The National Industrial Court on Friday fixed Sept.19 to deliver ruling on Federal Government’s prayer asking the court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) 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 the…
-
“Pull out of ASUU strike”- Parents beg varsity
A group under the aegis, the Parents/Stakeholders Forum, PSF, of the Benue State University Makurdi, has appealed to its ASUU members to pull out of the national body of ASUU to enable them to catch up with accumulated academic calendar years. This appeal is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the…
-
ASUU Strike: Adamu advises Nigerian students to study in other African nations
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said there is nothing wrong for Nigerian students to seek university education in other African nations and elsewhere, following the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. According to the minister, it is not wrong if Nigerian students go to school in other African nations…
-
ASUU Strike: FG finally gives up
The Federal Government has finally given up on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, saying “we have done the best that we can”. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu disclosed this to reporters at an ongoing meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC)…
-
BREAKING: ASUU strike to finally end
The lingering faceoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be reaching its final face with Tuesday’s meeting. A senior Professor who is a top member of the ongoing negotiation excessively informed TheNewsGuru that government ‘seem to be waking up to appreciate the enormity of challenges it faces on…
-
ASUU strike: Ex-President Jonathan narrates personal experience
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stated how his administration resolved a four-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one day. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 70th birthday celebration of Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, organised by The Kukah Centre. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG)…
-
Apologize to state universities over ‘quack’ comment – NANS tells Osodeke
The leadership of National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has called on the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ( ASUU) Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, to tender an apology over uncomplimentary statements he made on national TV calling state universities quacks.
-
ASUU Strike: NAPTAN proposes N10k per session by each parent to boost funding of universities
Following the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, has urged the payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent, to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, disclosed this during an interview on Tuesday.…