The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities not to end its ongoing strike which started on July 1, 2013 unless its demands are met by the Federal Government. Chairman of the branch, Mr. Monday Ubani, at a press briefing in Lagos …
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday directed the two Federal Government committees negotiating the requests by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to take immediate measures at ending the on-going strike. The Chairman of the Universities Needs Implementation Committee, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, made this known after a closed-door meeting …
A civil rights organization, Anti-Corruption Network, has asked the Federal Government to release the money demanded by the Academic Staff Union of Universities or risk a protest from students and youths. The group, therefore, gave the authorities up to Monday to settle all outstanding issues with the ASUU leadership. Its …
Negotiations between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) over the on-going strike by members of the union ended in a deadlock in Abuja yesterday.Speaking to journalists after the meeting which lasted several hours, the Governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam who …
The end to the present strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be in sight as President Goodluck Jonathan has approved N400 billion for the infrastructural development of Nigerian universities.The document to this effect is expected to be made available today at the meeting of the presidential …