By Over the years, the society has more or less accepted the arbitrary interruption of academic calendar in federal universities through lecturers’ strike actions under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as a norm. In fact, it is rare to find a student that completed a university degree through a federal university on schedule without strikes which Read More
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), will hold its quarterly National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the University of Calabar on Sunday. This was disclosed by a member of the NEC on Saturday in Abuja. “There is a quarterly NEC meeting and it’s for the fourth quarter. Lots of issues will come up and definitely, the issue of withheld Read More
With controversies sorrounding the eight months salary arrears of lecturers still unresolved, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Calabar branch, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest demanding that their salaries be paid to cushion the biting effects of high cost of living in Nigeria. Chairman of the Union in UniCal, Dr John Edor, who spoke while leading other members on Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Lokoja (FUL) chapter, Wednesday called for the sack of Festus Keyamo, Adamu Adamu and Dr. Chris Ngige. Ngige and Keyamo are ministers in the Ministry of Labour Labour and Productivity, while Adamu is Minister of Education. Keyamo is also the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. The union stated Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, Tuesday have protested against the half salaries paid by the Federal Government (FG).
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the response of the Nigerian government to the demands of the union since its suspension of an eight-month strike in October. Members of the union were paid half salaries for the month of October. The Ministry of Labour and Employment, while defending the payment, stated that the payment Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday lambasted the Federal Government for paying its members half salary for October. The union also said the government’s so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment, was not only an aberration, but a contravention of all known rules of engagement in any contract of employment for academics the world over. President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, Read More
When I joined the academic turf over two decades ago, I was accosted by a hawk on a recruitment mission, a kind of membership drive. The first lesson of hawkish agenda in a game is “win by any means, hook or crook” as the end justifies the means. The game must be manipulated to bring out the desired result, which Read More
The Minister of Labour Minister, Senator Chris Ngige has broken his silence over the payment of half-salary to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. According to him, the decision to pay full salary will be determined by the National Industrial Court. According to the minister on Sunday in Abuja, the government was awaiting the NIC decision on whether it should Read More
“The collapse of education is the collapse of the nation” From the mid-1980s when most African countries wholeheartedly accepted the Brent Wood Institutions (BWI) prescription of their political and economic diagnosis, the entire continent sank in every human index. The most notable sectors are education, health and human services and or development. Interestingly, these are the core sectors for any Read More
Nigeria has seen it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly, more in the education sector. A time there was when our graduates from the university were ranked high, mostly above those of our peers andcomparable to those from universities ranked top in the world. Students came from countries across the African continent and beyond to receive education here. Read More
After staying away from the classroom for eight months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the early hours of Friday finally suspended its strike which began on February 14, this year. The Union took the decision at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) at its National Secretariat, University of Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for more than six Read More
Nigerians have reacted after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its eight months strike on Friday. Blueprint had reported that the various branches of ASUU had begun voting on Wednesday to decide the fate of helpless Nigerian students who have been at the receiving end of the strike. The Union after calling off the strike on Friday, Read More
After seven months of suspension of academic activities in Nigerian Universities, there are now indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its indefinite strike on Thursday. 123 branches have reportedly met and completed congresses to determine the fate of Nigerian students. Blueprint had reported that the House of Representatives intervened in the matter, raising the Read More
Archbishop David Ekundayo Irefin is a professor of Economics at the Federal University Lokoja of more than 35 years. He is also the International chairman, Christ Universal Missionary Crusade Fellowship of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS). In this interview with JOSEPH OBUNG while on a visit to Calabar, he speaks on a number of national issues. As Read More
First and foremost, let me start by saying a big thanks to” literacy” because it inspires or helps me a lot. In fact, now it has become my “sub-primary assignment” because of its importance to my life and field of endeavour. Let me briefly highlight some points before going straight to the issue at stake, even though I don’t know Read More
I come in peace. The argument is no longer whether the Federal Government, FG, is funding universities or not; or whether lecturers should be paid better or not; or whether the backlog of salaries will be paid or not. No. It is now between the court and ASUU, should the union fail to comply with the order to return to Read More
Sometime in May when the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, extended its three-month old strike by another three months, I weighed in on the matter, describing the move as unconscionable, considering the fact that the Union was “dealing with people who are either stone deaf or genuinely unreasonable.” Of course, my appeal to both feuding parties to see reason Read More
The National Association of Nigerian Students has slammed the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to confer national honours award on the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Astatement by the national Public Relations Officer (PRO), Giwa Temitope, Monday, he said it was an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerian students who had been locked out of schools for close to Read More
By AbdulRaheem, Kaduna Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association has started engaging members of the Ahmadu Bello University branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on how to end the prolonged strike action, national president of the association, Alhaji Ibrahim Sani Khalil, has said. Addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday ahead of the 15th Alumni Annual General Meeting Read More
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) branch, has condemned the resumption call by the management of the institution to students and vowed to continue the strike. The chairman of the union, Dr. Samuel Alu, made the vow Friday at a press briefing held in Keffi. The management of NSUK via a recent statement signed Read More
Rector of Al-Hikma Polytechnic New Karshi, Karu local government of Nasarawa state, Dr Ahmed Abdulrazaq, has said university lecturers now troop to private polytechnics and other tertiary institutions in search of part time teaching job. Speaking to journalists at the main campus site of Al-Hikma Polytechnic, the rector said the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, which accompanied Read More
The impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government is not a matter that should be resolved by the National Industrial Court. Even if the courts were to intervene, they should give orders for the federal government of Nigeria to comply with the agreement reached with ASUU in 2009 and not to direct ASUU to Read More
The Management of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), has announced resumption after several months of closure due to lingering strike by the members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The school at its special management meeting held on Friday announced the reopening of the University. Students are to resume on Monday 26th of September.
The vice-chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Kogi state, Prof. Alewo Johnson Akubo, has said the court injunction compelling the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume lecture was a time-bomb. He said this Friday while speaking with newsmen in the institution’s premises in Lokoja. Prof. Akubo, who urged the federal government to continue with the dialogue rather than arm-twisting the Read More
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