Tag: Asuu strike
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COMPENSATION: Minister of Education advises university students to sue ASUU over six-month strike
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on the affected students of the six-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to “take ASUU to court” and claim damages incurred over the strike period. Adamu stated this at the 47th Session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organized by the Presidential Communications…
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“Don’t vote for a politician who cannot take care of your interests”- ASUU President advises students
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has advised Nigerian students not to vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country. Speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organised by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward’, Osodeke said “Anybody you…
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ASUU STRIKE: FG to meet with ASUU executives today, as strike enters 183 days
As the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universitiesm ASUU, enters 183 days today, the Federal Government would meet with the union executives on Tuesday, August 16, to discuss their decision. This was disclosed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, monitored by TheNewsGuru.com…
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ASUU STRIKE: “We are making sacrifices for the coming generation to have access to quality education”- Prof Osodeke
As lecturers and students in Nigerian Universities continue to stay at home, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union would not relent in making sacrifices for the coming generation to have basic amenities in school and access to quality education. He stressed that the current…
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Buhari gov’t has no citizens’ interest at heart – ASUU replies Keyamo
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari does not have the interest of common citizens at heart. The union stated this on Sunday even as it dared the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), to list some of the actions taken by the regime to end…
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ASUU STRIKE: Proposed agreement will not be binding on state universities -FG insists
The Federal Ministry of Education has insisted that its proposed agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will not be binding on state universities. Following this development, the industrial dispute between the Federal Government and ASUU may worsen, as Universities would remain shut. The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong…
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ASUU strike: V-C explains status of unionism in AAU, Ekpoma
Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, Vice Chancellor (V-C) of the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, says the government has not proscribed activities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) in the institution. Adagbonyin told newsmen on Wednesday in Ekpoma that government only suspended activities of staff unions on campus as they were inhibiting the smooth…
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Havard University: Gbajabiamila tenders apology to Nigerians
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday apologized to the entirety of Nigerians over his recent post concerning taking a course at Havard University. Recall that Gbajabiamila recently posted a picture of himself attending a leadership course at Harvard University in the United States of America.
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We will soon embark on a nationwide strike – NLC president, Wabba
Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) president, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government doesn’t yield to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
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ASUU lambasts FG for ‘insulting’ members
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have accused the Federal Government of insulting them by the utterances of those in power. TheNewsGuru recalls that the ongoing strike had commenced on February 14 after the Federal Government failed to meet some of ASUU’s demands. Some of those demands include the release of the…