Tag: ASUU
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ASUU strike: We have done our best – FG
We have done our best to resolve issues that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is holding on to for the ongoing protracted strike of the union, the federal government has said.
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BREAKING: ASUU further extends ongoing strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has further extended its ongoing strike, following a heated meeting of its National Executive Council at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja.
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ASUU: Varsity fixes August 29 as resumption date
The management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, has approved that the institution should pull out of ASUU strike and resume academic activities on the 29th of August ,2022. This was coming after six months the ASUU members, EKSU chapter, had joined the ongoing strike declared by the university lecturers to press for…
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Adamu Adamu: What manner of Education Minister? – By Hope Eghagha
When the strike by Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU) started in February and Minister of Labour Dr. Chris Ngige became the face of government negotiators, we often wondered why the Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu whose Ministry ostensibly should oversee tertiary education was permanently missing in action. Word filtered in later that he was…
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KWASU fires back at ASUU President over quackery label
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university.
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ASUU president, Prof Osodeke roars, says state Universities are quacks
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has vented his anger on state universities and described them as quacks in the process. A seemingly angry Osodeke made this statement while featuring on Arise TV on Friday morning while answering questions on the decision by state-owned universities to call off the…
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ASUU strike beyond NANS – NANS President
The President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Ashefon, has said the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was beyond the body to resolve. Asheton made the statement on Thursday during the 40th Anniversary the association and described the strike actions in the tertiary education sector…
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BREAKING: ASUU plans indefinite strike
Reports emerging from the congresses of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) indicate that the union might be making plans to embark on an indefinite strike, barring last-minute intervention.
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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.…
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NLC, ASUU condemn FG’s “no-work, no pay” rule on university lecturers
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to condemn the Federal Government’s “no-work, no pay” rule on university lecturers following the union’s six-month-old strike. According to them, the university lecturers were not the architects of ASUU’s strike. Therefore, NLC backed ASUU on its insistence on the payment of the…