The expression on the face of 22-year-old Mike Ugbodu on Monday conveyed a feeling of disillusionment. He looked every inch worried. All of a sudden, his chubby face seemed to have shrunken with anxiety. Ugbodu, otherwise known for his lively nature, looked quite lonely. In fact, he was not in …
Nigerian students have had enough of staying at home due to the ASUU strike and they have made this clear by speaking out. As a result of the almost two month old strike, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and …
The negotiations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government collapsed again yesterday as the lecturers have pulled out of the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led Committee on Needs Assessment of Nigerian Universities. In a letter detailing its reasons for withdrawing from the committee, ASUU said that the …
Dear Hon. Minister,As a professor and mother, I have no doubt that you are aware of the fact that your ministry has a crucial role to play in how the future of this country will be. If Nigeria will remain as a going concern and team up with the rest …
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, rejected the N130 billion the Federal Government disbursed into the university system, as part of efforts to persuade striking lecturers to call off the strike action they embarked on July 2.In a letter written to Head of National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, NEEDs …
It is still a long journey to ending the strike embarked upon by the nation’s university teachers, CHARLES ABAH writesEneke the bird says since men have learnt to shoot without missing, it has learnt to fly without perching. This is one of the Igbo proverbs that readers come across in …
Meeting ASUU’s demands would cost another N92 billion in recurrent expenditure.The Federal Government on Tuesday said it does not have the resources to meet demand by striking university lecturers that would cost an extra N92 billion.The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the opening of a two-day meeting of Commissioners …
After 10 unsuccessful meetings with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday said government was not ready to end the 8-week-old strike, lamenting that government displayed dishonesty and lack of integrity during negotiations At a briefing in Lagos, ASUU’s President, Dr. Isa Faggae, claimed that government …