Tag: ASUU
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Lauretta Onochie again? – By Prof Joseph A Ushie
Even amidst mourning or in war, people still occasionally laugh, especially when clowns happen around such scenes. That seems to have been the situation with this war declared against a trade union by an entire national government, which is busy deploying every arsenal at its disposal to crush the perceived enemy as if the Government…
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ASUU strike: Speaker calls for prayer
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has urged students and all Nigerians to pray for an end to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
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The National Industrial Court should not be for hire – By Owei Lakemfa
Once the Muhammadu Buhari government had failed to get striking lecturers in our public universities back to class, I knew it would head for the National Industrial Court, NIC, shopping for an injunction. Tragically that is what governments in the country and rich employers have turned the NIC into: a fishing pond for injunctions against…
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TNG-ASUU Series: FG backpedals, withdraws order to reopen varsities
The Federal Government, has backpedalled withdrawing its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open federal universities.
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FG orders Vice Chancellors to reopen schools
The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students resume lectures. This is contained in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed in Abuja on Monday.
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Strike: CAN President wades into FG-ASUU impasse
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Daniel Okoh called on the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the seven-month strike.
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ASUU Strike: NANS to block Port Harcourt Airport, Calabar highway
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has vowed to block the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Calabar Itu highway this week should the lingering strike embarked upon by public university lecturers persist in the country.
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Cross blasts Aisha Buhari for celebrating Zahra’s graduation amid ASUU Strike
Former Big Brother Naija season 6 housemate, Cross Okonkwo, has lambasted Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari, over a social media post celebrating her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a UK university while Nigerian university students have been out of school for seven months. In his words: ‘Don’t come online and rub it in on your other children’s…
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Varsity VC describes court judgement on ASUU resumption as time bomb
The Vice Chancellor of Salem University, Lokoja, Professor Alewo Akubo has described the court injunction compelling the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to class as a time-bomb. Akubo who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja urged the Federal Government to continue with the dialogue rather said arm twisting…
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ASUU Strike: Professor Osodeke reveals next line of action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) has warned that the National Industrial Court, Abuja Division judgment asking them to call off the seven months industrial actions is not feasible. ASUU has claimed that the strike action is far from over.