The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve the long-standing issues affecting the nation’s university system or risk a nationwide shutdown of public universities. ASUU said the ultimatum followed years of neglect and government’s consistent refusal to address its demands. According to a statement signed […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, warned the Federal Government that attempts to reopen tertiary institutions without taking concrete steps to curb the spread of COVID-19 would be suicidal. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the Lagos Zone of ASUU said this while addressing journalists at a press conference held at the Olabisi […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated that universities will remain closed as the ongoing strike action continues. The National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Professor Ogunyemi explained that the federal government has continually […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, on Tuesday, said no single academic staff was involved in the examination malpractices allegedly discovered at the institution’s distance learning centre (DLC). The ASUU Chairman, Prof Deji Omole, while reacting to some newspaper reports, said those arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) […]
The organised labour and members of civil society groups, have advocated peaceful agitation, centered on change, peaceful revolutions and governance overhaul as key to the much-needed change Nigerians are yearning for. The groups, comprising human rights activists, community-based organisations, students, academics, doctors, internationalists and artisans, said that it is important for Nigerians to understand the […]
• FG, varsity lecturers sign agreement • Suspension is conditional, ASUU insists The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday night suspended its six-weeks old strike. The suspension is, however, a conditional one, as the Universities lecturers vowed to resume the strike by October if the federal government failed to honour the agreement reached […]
The Academic Staff union of Universities, ASUU, and the federal government negotiating team are meeting this afternoon to sort out what the union described as ’’grey areas’’ that arose from the offer made by government to the union last week, which has been deliberated upon at the various zonal levels and by the National Executive […]