Education
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the University of Ibadan (UI) branch on Monday protested what they described as “merciless treatment” of university lecturers by the Federal Government. The protesting lecturers moved within the campus with placards and sang to register their displeasure. A congress would be held immediately after the rally. […]
The House of Representatives is making arrangements for a N170 billion fund for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the 2023 budget. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the move will provide a level of increment in the welfare package of university lecturers. According to […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it called off its eight-month strike due to a court order and appeals from Nigerians. A court of appeal had ordered the striking lecturers to return to class after the National Industrial Court ruled against the union in a case brought to it by the Federal Goverment. Days after the appeal […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted leave to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to appeal the decision of the National industrial Court of Nigeria delivered on the 21st of September. In a ruling delivered by Justice Hamman Barka on Oct 7th and made public today, the court granted ASUU 7 […]
After eight months of stalled negotiations with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday expressed hope that its industrial action will end “in the next few days”. “We hope that working together, in the next few days, we can put an end to this particular imbroglio in the Nigerian educational system,” […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional unions. “ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, told Channels Television on Thursday. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, also confirmed the development […]
The Minister of Education Adamu Adamu believes Nigerians do not have “good reasons” to be disappointed with the Federal Government’s handling of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. He said this on Wednesday during an interview on Channel Television’s Politics Today. The lecturers have been on strike since February 14th but negotiations between them […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday said the purpose of its strike action is to “save public universities.” Channels Television had earlier reported the union’s decision to extend its six-month long strike after its National Executive Council (NEC) met on Sunday in Abuja. In a statement signed by ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, […]
The National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will hold next Monday to decide on the offers by the Federal Government for it to end its ongoing strike. The meeting promises to be a decisive one and may determine whether the government would axe the union as being contemplated. This […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, Katsina State revisited the issue of the prolonged strike which has left students at home for months, telling leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that enough is enough. The president called on ASUU to reconsider their position on the continued strike, expressing worry that the hiatus will […]
