In a significant development, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria has urged its members to partake in the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). This move, spearheaded by ASUU President Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, marks a crucial …
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has stated that members of the body may struggle to get to their various institutions on Monday since they do not have “money for transportation.” He revealed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday while discussing the …
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held an emergency meeting at the Comrade Festus lyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja, on Thursday, 13th October, 2022. The meeting reviewed developments since the Union declared an indefinite strike action on 29th August, 2022. During …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has conditionally terminated its strike that has been going on for the past eight months. Following a lengthy meeting of the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) that began on Thursday night and continued into the early hours of Friday morning, the union came …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will have an emergency meeting to discuss the suspension of the strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will have an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in order to discuss recent events, particularly the favourable response from the federal government …
Femi Falana, a prominent human rights lawyer, has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon end its nearly eight-month strike. Falana, the ASUU’s counsel, said this during the book launch of Lanre Arogundade’s ‘Breaking Coconut With Your Head’ on Monday in Lagos. In response to the …
The Abuja Court of Appeal has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to work immediately. The order came after the court denied the union’s request for a stay of execution on a previous National Industrial Court ruling ordering the university lecturers to resume work. The …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is preparing a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the registration of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics. This was said by ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, on Channels Television on Thursday. Chris Ngige, the minister of …
The Court of Appeal’s Abuja Division yesterday asked the Federal Government and the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to pursue an out-of-court settlement of their dispute. As a result, the appeal court, in a majority ruling by a three-judge panel, postponed hearing on the Appeal …
Prof. Saliu Moyosore Ajao, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Chapter, has once again urged stakeholders, particularly parents, to press the Federal Government to resolve the Union’s ongoing strike, which has resulted in the closure of federal universities in the country since February 14, …
The Nigerian government has granted registration certificates to two more university academic unions. The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics are the two organisations (CONUA). On Tuesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presented certificates of registration to both …
On Tuesday, the Federal Government will deliver a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), which is a breakaway section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This move is an attempt by the Federal Government to clip the wings of ASUU. Dr Chris Ngige, …
The Federal Government withdrew its circular ordering vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to reopen federal universities on Monday afternoon via the National Universities Commission. In a circular, the NUC directed all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of federal university governing councils to re-open universities. However, the development was met with criticism. …
The Federal Ministry of Education stated on Monday that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has hampered the payment of bursaries to university students. Andrew Adejo, the ministry’s permanent secretary, announced this during the 2022 World Teachers Day press conference in Abuja. In 2021, MySchoolGist reported …
The Federal Government has directed university vice-chancellors to reopen schools and allow students to resume classes. This was stated in a letter signed on Monday in Abuja by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr. Sam Onazi, on behalf of the commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof. …
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end its seven-month-old strike. The order was issued by Judge Polycarp Hamman on Wednesday in response to the federal government’s request for an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing ASUU strike. ASUU has been on strike since …
The management of the Imo state university (IMSU) on Monday announced its withdrawal from the almost ongoing seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it had opened the university for academic activities. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Owerri …
The National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja, deferred yesterday the suit filed by the Federal Government to challenge the continuing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, till September 16. The court, presided over by Justice P. I. Hamman, approved the suit for further consideration, despite the fact …
The Kaduna State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities dared the management of Kaduna State University on Tuesday over threats to resume academic sessions. According to the union, no threats will force members to halt the strike, which is supported by the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s constitution. Dr. …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has confirmed the indefinite extension of its ongoing strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced on Monday that the strike will now be indefinite, which is in contrast to its usual practice of prolonging a strike for a set number of …
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, warned on Wednesday that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians whose children attend schools outside the nation. Osodeke spoke during a Twitter Space Webinar hosted by Premium Times and titled ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund, and the Way Forward’ …
The Federal Government said on Thursday that the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ demand to be paid for the six-month strike period is impeding negotiations with the union. The FG emphasised that it would not give in to ASUU’s demands to be paid the backlog of salaries withheld throughout the …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has provided an explanation for why its most recent meeting with the federal government was unsuccessful. ASUU was presented with the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) at the Tuesday meeting that resulted in a stalemate. The union’s president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated in …
The University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) have been approved for use by the government, according to the union’s president. For the umpteenth time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership will meet with officials of the Nigerian government on Tuesday to possibly finalise talks on the renegotiated 2009 …
The ongoing examinations at Kaduna State University (KASU) have been labelled a violation of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations in academic institutions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Kaduna State University’s administration held semester examinations for their students a few weeks ago, urging lecturers …
Orji Kalu, Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari to put additional pressure on his ministers to terminate the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ongoing strike (ASUU). In a post that he made on Facebook on Wednesday, Mr. Kalu instructed members of ASUU to work toward …
Only a few hours before the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned a two-day nationwide protest calling on the federal government to settle the entitlements of striking lecturers, bizarre events rocked Ile-Ife on Monday when primary school students staged a peaceful demonstration to urge the federal government to find a long-term …
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced its support for the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) planned two-day rally in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Comrade Sunday Asefon, the president of NANS, made this announcement in Abuja on Wednesday. He praised the …
On Wednesday, the Federal Government and labour unions came to blows over the groups’ insistence on continuing with their plans for two days of nationwide protests, which are slated to take place on July 26 and 27. No fewer than 40 unions, including aviation workers, will march in sympathy with …
President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, to end the long-running strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. President Buhari issued the directive on Tuesday, following briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies, and Departments involved in resolving the dispute …