All Hands are on Deck to Ensure Universities Resume Next Week:President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.An official of the Vice President’s office who pleaded anonymity told Scan News that all hands are now on deck to ensure that …
Wike and ASUU had Secret Meeting:Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday met with the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja.It could not be ascertained if the meeting which lasted barely one hour produced desirable results.The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge and the minister refused to speak …
ASUU President Commends Members for Their Conduct:As the ongoing ASUU strike enters day 121, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has commended members of the union for their conduct since the strike began on July 1.Fagge commended the efforts of ASUU principal leaders at …
ASUU: FG Rejected Suggestion to Involve Shagari, Obasanjo and Others:The Federal Government has rejected the suggestion to involve past Presidents/Heads of States, governors and traditional rulers in its current face-off with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.National President of Nigerian Union of Teachers, Michael Olukoya, had after a palliative meeting …
FG is Trying to Run Away from the Agreement – ASUU:Clement Chup is the zonal coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja. Chup, in this interview, hints that there is no end in sight to the four months old strike by the university teachers which has …
Lawyer Drags FG and ASUU to Court Over Strike:A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr.Daniel Onwe, has dragged the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over violation of the fundamental right to the dignity of person of the affected students, who have been out …
ASUU: Senate President Remarks Ridiculed Onosode:The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, has condemned the statement of Senate President David Mark on the competence of those who negotiated the 2009 agreement with ASUU on behalf of the Federal Government.The union said the Senate President’s remarks ridiculed …
ASUU Strike: Pupils Accused FG of Lack of Seriousness Toward the Education Sector:As the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities enters the fourth month, some secondary school pupils lend their voices to the general call for an end to the crisis, SAMUEL AWOYINFA reportsSecondary school pupils in Lagos …
Senate Finally Pass a Resolution to End ASUU Strike:Senate yesterday passed a resolution asking Senate President David Mark to engage President Goodluck Jonathan and officials of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the four months strike that has shut Nigerian universities since July.Senate also appealed to the striking …
University administrators in the country on Monday expressed concern over the four-month old face-off between the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government.The administrators appealed to both ASUU and the FG to urgently reach a compromise and quickly bring the strike to an end in …