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ASUU strike: We‘ll do everything possible for varsities to re-open —Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 12 July 2022 0

THE Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, has given the assurance that he would deploy all needed resources to join President Muhammadu Buhari in ensuring that the ongoing strike embarked upon by the four university-based unions is called off. Oprah, who was a former Speaker of the

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Federal Government cancels meeting with ASUU leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2020 0

The meeting rescheduled for December 14, 2020 with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been canceled by federal government. The meeting was supposed to discuss over the on-going strike embarked upon by the university lecturers. The meeting, convened by the Chris Ngige, Minister of Labor and Employment – to iron […]

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strike will go on until FG pays withheld salaries – ASUU

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2020 0

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday said it would not end the strike it embarked on until government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, The President of ASUU, in an interview with in Lagos, said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the […]

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ASUU directs members to seek alternative means of survival

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2020 0

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday, advised lecturers to immediately seek alternative means of survival. The Abuja zone of the union, which expressed anger over the non-payment of salaries to its members by the Federal Government at a press conference held Tuesday morning at the University of Abuja campus, asked students and […]

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ASUU strike: FG falsifies eight months’ unpaid salary claims

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2020 0

The Federal government has debunked claims by university lecturers that they are yet to be paid for eight months, Daily Times gathered. Emeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today that the claim was false, adding that some lecturers got excess salaries and had to refund it […]

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Blame previous administration for ASUU strike — Adamu

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2020 0

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said the previous administration is to blame for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Daily Times gathered. Although Adamu was not specific on which administration he was referring to, he said the government shouldn’t have entered into agreement with ASUU to pay them […]

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EDITORIAL: Yet another unending ASUU strike

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2020 0

With the lifting of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the trouble with the Nigerian university system is now in full public glare. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced its latest industrial strike on 16th of March, 2020, about two weeks ahead of the lockdown. With the lockdown affecting virtually all of society, it was […]

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We won’t end the strike without salary payment — ASUU warns FG

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2020 0

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has requested that the Federal Government pay outstanding salaries of their members as part of conditions to suspend its ongoing strike, Daily Times reports. The National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, made this statement at the unveiling of the union’s Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution at

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ASUU strike: Stakeholders seek peaceful resolution of impasse

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2020 0

Some stakeholders in the education sector on Wednesday called for an amicable resolution of the impasse between the federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has resulted in a national strike by university teachers. ASUU had on Monday directed its members to embark on a two- week warning strike […]

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ASUU Strike: Students ignored strike call-off…deserts campus

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2016 0

Students in tertiary institutions in Calabar, the Cross River state capital, have refused to return to lecture rooms even as the Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU) called off the one week warning strike  embarked upon by the Union. Our correspondent who visited some Institutions on Wednesday observed that the students who left the […]

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ASUU Strike: Government not sensitive to education -ASUU UNN Chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2016 0

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that the Federal Government was not prepared to improve on the quality of education, hence it allowed the agreement it willingly entered with the body in 2009 to linger till date. Chairman, ASUU UNN chapter, Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Abada, told Daily Times in an interview yesterday that […]