The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Saturday urged the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to negotiations with the Federal Government. NANS was reacting to a statement reportedly issued by ASUU where it threatened not to honour any further invitation for a meeting with the Federal Government. […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students,NANS,has given the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,a December 31 deadline to resolve their differences and call off the ongoing strike, vowing that it would mobilize members to disrupt the 2019 general elections if both sides remained adamant after expiration of the deadline. The body […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the lingering strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) will have serious impact on preparations for the conduct of the 2019 general election. Festus Okoye, chairman, information and voter education committee of INEC, made this known at a one-day seminar on media and gender sensitive reporting of elections […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities to call off the industrial action embarked upon by its members in the overall interest of the nation. The President made the call in Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, during the third convocation of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State. Represented by the Deputy […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter, has demanded the payment of accumulated Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) unpaid since 2009 to lecturers in the institution. The union’s demand is captured in its bulletin obtained by Newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. The demands, signed by signed by its Secretary, Dr Tony […]
Read More The negotiations between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Monday ended in deadlock again. The ASUU delegation walked out of the meeting which lasted for hours at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, at the Conference Haill of the ministry. The meeting was convened to ensure […]
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As the strike embarked upon by academic staff in Nigeria Universities and polytechnics lingers, professional accountants have told the federal government to pay attention to education in its human capital development strides. President of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, Alhaji Shehu Ladan stated this in his presentation at the dialogue on human capital […]
Read More The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended without any conclusion on Tuesday. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, while speaking with newsmen at the end of the closed door meeting in Abuja noted that negotiations were still ongoing. He said both parties were yet to reach a […]
Read More After a marathon meeting that lasted for close to three hours Monday, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, failed to resolve their differences that have resulted in the ongoing strike by the latter. The meeting which was aimed at re-opening negotiation over demands for improved funding for universities by the […]
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Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwuka has confirmed that there is an ongoing meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, adding that the government is doing everything possible to end the strike. Anwuka who was cornered by Vanguard yesterday (Thursday) during Lafarge Literacy National competition […]
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Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, has said that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) cannot have everything that they want. Fayemi speaking in Paris during President Muhammadu Buhari’s interactive session with Nigerians living in France, said ASUU cannot have all its demands met in the face of Nigeria’s competing needs. He also said […]
Read More The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says it is ready to negotiate with government toward ending its one-week old industrial action. Its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was guest on TVC News Breakfast show on Tuesday, also advised government to establish an education bank for proper funding of universities. He regretted the attitude of […]
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