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Talks With FG Panel Over Strike Fruitless – SSANU

8Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Talks With FG Panel Over Strike Fruitless – SSANU

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has said no tangible achievement was recorded at the Federal Government Renegotiation Panel. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the National Vice-President, SSANU, Dr. Abdussobur Salaam, said the panel met only once with SSANU since it was inaugurated on March 7, 2022. Recall that the committee, which was chaired by the Pro-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs, was given three months to conclude the renegotiation with the four university unions and send the report to Federal Government. The committee’s timeline ended on Monday. It is believed that the committee will sub...

Varsity Unions, FG Renegotiation Committee Sitting Ends Today

7Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Varsity Unions, FG Renegotiation Committee Sitting Ends Today

The university unions' and federal government renegotiation committee sitting will end today. Recall that the Federal Government on March 7, 2022, inaugurated a seven-person committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the other three unions including, The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and The National Association of Academic Technologists. The committee which was chaired by Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs was given three months to conclude the renegotiation with ASUU and other unions. According to ASUU and SSANU national pr...

Strike: ASUU Meets As Visitation Panels Submit Reports

3Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Strike: ASUU Meets As Visitation Panels Submit Reports

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday expressed optimism about its ongoing meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee, describing the negotiation as being progressive. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, the National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had been negotiating with the Briggs committee since last week over its demands. ASUU commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022, after the Federal Government failed to meet some of its demands including, the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution The PUNCH reported tha...

Strike: We’ve Resumed Talks With FG, Say ASUU, SSANU

30May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Strike: We’ve Resumed Talks With FG, Say ASUU, SSANU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have said the Prof Nimi Briggs Committee is in negotiation with the unions. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, the ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had been negotiating with the Briggs Committee since last week over its demands. ASUU commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022 after the Federal Government failed to meet some of its demands namely; the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the ...

JUST IN: NECO Extends 2022 Registrations To June 20

30May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

JUST IN: NECO Extends 2022 Registrations To June 20

The National Examinations Council on Sunday announced that it has “extended the Registration period of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination for school-based candidates to midnight of Monday 20th June 2022”. The examination agency made this known in a statement made available to The PUNCH in the early hours of Monday. Recall that the registration period was initially scheduled to close on Monday 30th May 2022. Read Also: NECO Releases 2021 Examination Results “State Ministries of Education, Principals, Commandants, and all stakeholders are enjoined to note that there would be no further extension after that. “The 2022 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination will commence on 27th June 2022, and end on Friday 12th August 2022. “Candidates are to b...

FG Moves To End ASUU, Poly Lecturers Strikes, Begins Arrears Payment

20May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

FG Moves To End ASUU, Poly Lecturers Strikes, Begins Arrears Payment

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of minimum wage arrears, which it owed lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Academic Staff Union of Universities as part of efforts to end ongoing strikes by the unions. The National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson Ezeibe, and the Chairman, ASUU FUTMinna, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed this in separate interviews with Punch in Abuja on Thursday. Recall that the two unions are currently on strike following the inability of the government to meet their demands including the payment of minimum wage arrears and release of revitalisation funds, among others. While ASUU commenced its strike on February 14, 2022, ASUP is currently on an initial two-week warning strike. Confirming the payment on...

N80bn: Accountant-General’s Arrest Proves IPPIS is Fraud – ASUU

19May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

N80bn: Accountant-General’s Arrest Proves IPPIS is Fraud – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the arrest of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has buttressed its notion that IPPIS is fraud. The union said this while reacting to Idris’s arrest over alleged money laundering and diversion of N80bn. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, speaking with DailyTrust, warned that the case should not be covered up, stating that IPPIS is just a fraud used by the Accountant-General to siphon funds and not control corruption. He said: “We have said it over and over again that IPPIS is a fraud. We’ve also said that the Accountant-General office is a fraud, and they are using IPPIS to relocate all the fraud activities to one centre, which is the Accoun...

2022 UTME: JAMB Reacts To Alleged Errors In Scoring System

17May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

2022 UTME: JAMB Reacts To Alleged Errors In Scoring System

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said there is no error in its scoring system with regards to the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. It warned the general public, particularly candidates to be wary of the guile and other unsavory activities of fraudsters who are making false claims of errors in the scoring of candidates in the 2022 UTME. JAMB maintained that the UTME is a computer-based test that is scored electronically with no human mediation whatsoever. It said this in a statement issued by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement reads: “Consequently, the unfounded rumours making the rounds are nothing but the products of the deceitful brain...

Strike: Minister Reveals Why ASUU, FG Are Yet To Reach Agreement

16May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Strike: Minister Reveals Why ASUU, FG Are Yet To Reach Agreement

ASUU on Monday resolved to continue its ongoing nationwide strike for another three months. The strike started on February 14, 2022, after several reconciliation meetings between both parties proved abortive. Speaking in Ilorin at a press conference to herald a year-long activity to mark the 40years anniversary of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Keyamo, who was represented by the Director-General of MINILS, Comrade Isa Aremu, said the issue had to do with two dispute of rights and interests. According to him, the ASUU strike had turned into strife that had worsened the education sector in Nigeria. He said, “Labour disputes are highly technical issues and need the relevant technical requirements and knowledge to interrogate. Read Also: ...

Agreement Reached With ASUU, Others, Strike Ends Soon –FG

14May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Agreement Reached With ASUU, Others, Strike Ends Soon –FG

ASUU Strike The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the decisions reached in its three-part meeting with university-based unions would yield fruits next week. The Head, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun, in a statement on Friday, said some agreements had been reached between the government and the unions. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union, and the Association of Academic Technologists are currently on strike. The unions embarked on strike actions while demanding improved welfare packages, better working conditions and implementation of various labour agreements signed with the Federal Government between 2009 and 2015. ...