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Education

ASUP Issues Okowa 30-Day Ultimatum Over Salary Policy
5Aug By Kosi UchennaNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUP Issues Okowa 30-Day Ultimatum Over Salary Policy

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has given a 30-day ultimatum to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to put a stop to its Salary Subvention Policy in the state-owned polytechnics. The Polytechnic teachers made the demand at a news conference organised by its local chapter at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku on Thursday. Precious Nwakodo, ASUP Zonal Coordinator for South-South and South-East, said the order followed the refusal by the Delta State government to reconsider its position on the salary subvention policy. The zonal coordinator conveyed the national body’s stance that the policy be suspended.   Nwakodo said: “The Delta State government had on April 2022 introduced a salary subvention policy, which provides that the management of the p...
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ASUU Strike: FG Discloses Strategy To End Lingering Strike
3Aug By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG Discloses Strategy To End Lingering Strike

The Federal Government has said it will utilise voluntary conciliation as a solution to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other university-based unions. This was stated by Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, on Tuesday during a 3-day capacity-building workshop on International Labour Standards and Dispute Resolution in Nigeria in Abuja. He said that voluntary conciliation was adopted instead of arbitration in order to hasten the resolution process with the university teachers. The Minister, during the event hosted by the Industrial Arbitration Panel, IAP, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisations, ILO, said that the issue would have been taken to the IAP or National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN....
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ASUU Strike: Union Extends Lingering Strike by Four Weeks
2Aug By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
Education, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Union Extends Lingering Strike by Four Weeks

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has decided to extend the lingering strike by four weeks after just concluding the previous five months' strike. The Union first declared the closure of public universities on February 14, 2022, because of the failure of the Federal Government to fulfill the Memorandum of Action (MOA) agreed upon by the two parties in 2020. See Also: ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear T God – El-Rufai Speaking on the new development, The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said the Union decided to give the Federal Government time to resolve the issues between both parties. In a statement by the Union’s President, he said: “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of Government’s past failu...
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ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear To God – El-Rufai
28Jul By Kosi UchennaNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear To God – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to sack all the Kaduna State University, KASU, lecturers if they fail to return to class due to the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, due to a dispute with the federal government. The Nigerian Lacour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday commenced a nationwide protest to persuade the government to find a solution to the lingering strike. However, El-Rufai during a radio programme in Kaduna on Wednesday, said the KASU lecturers had no reason to be on strike as ASUU’s dispute is with the federal government, not the state government. He said, “The Acting Vice Chancellor has assured me that they will resume, but I have asked them to find out if they actual...
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ASUU Strike: Nasir El-Rufai Threatens to Sack Lecturers
28Jul By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Nasir El-Rufai Threatens to Sack Lecturers

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, threatens to sack all lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU) still involved in the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) stopped academic activities in February over the inability of the government to fulfill its demands. All attempts by the government to meet an agreement with the Union have failed so far, however, Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai threatens to relieve the Kaduna State University lecturers of their duties if they do not resume academic activities. See Also: ASUU Strike: Unease As Electricity Workers Declare Readiness To Join NLC Protest He disclosed this via a radio programme in Kaduna on Wednesday, saying he had instructed lecturers to resume lectur...
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Femi Falana Says “Buhari Must Go” at NLC Protest
27Jul By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Femi Falana Says “Buhari Must Go” at NLC Protest

Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Femi Falana has said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought depression and hardship upon Nigerians. Falana issued this statement at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Protest in Lagos on Tuesday. The Lawyer said that this government's administration is not what the people voted for. He said the regime had caused hardship, making the standards of living for the common people get worse day by day. “The living standards of our people are getting worse by the day. We didn’t vote for a regime to cause hardship in Nigeria and that is what is going on,” Falana said. He mentioned that terrorism, depression, and hardship had taken over the country. See Also: NLC Seeks FG Intervention In ASUU Strike He also referred to the ...
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Why ASUU Must Call Off Strike – Education Minister
22Jul By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

Why ASUU Must Call Off Strike – Education Minister

Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its strike. Adamu, made the call while speaking at the 2022 police meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, in Abuja. According to the education minister, the strike which has lasted for more than five months should be called off in consideration of the students who have been at home for so long. See Also: ASUU Strike: Two Weeks Too Long To Resolve Issues – Osodeke He encouraged ASUU to suspend the strike and embrace dialogue, noting that that was the best way to resolve disputes. He said: “I urge the leadership of tertiary institutions to partner with the Federal Government in its frantic efforts at restoring industrial harmony in tertiary ins...
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JAMB Approves 140 as Minimum CutOff Mark for 2022 Admissions
22Jul By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

JAMB Approves 140 as Minimum CutOff Mark for 2022 Admissions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) approved 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Universities in 2022. JAMB decided to reduce the minimum cut-off mark on Thursday at the Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities in Nigeria. See Also: JAMB Replies El-Rufai, Says Differential Cut-off Marks Not Awarded JAMB’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced the decision to reduce the cut-off mark, saying that the institutions can fix their mark above the cut-off mark but they should not fix it below the agreed minimum mark, which is 140 for universities, 100 for colleges of education and polytechnics. He also disclosed that out of the total 1,761,338 students that sat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) only 378,639 sc...
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ASUU Strike – Buhari Gives The Minister of Education Two Weeks Ultimatum
20Jul By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
Breaking News, Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike – Buhari Gives The Minister of Education Two Weeks Ultimatum

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the ongoing ASUU strike within the next two weeks. President Buhari gave the instruction during a meeting with certain Ministers and heads of Federal Government agencies concerned with the situation surrounding the action taken by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Others present in the meeting, were the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Ngige, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami, the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, the Chairman of National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta, the Director-General Budget Offi...
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ASUU Open To Accepting 100 Per Cent Pay Rise – Former Chair
20Jul By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Open To Accepting 100 Per Cent Pay Rise – Former Chair

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed willingness to consider the 100 percent increase in pay reportedly being proposed by the government. The union stressed that so far, no such proposal has been made by the federal government. Dr Nasir Fagge, former President of ASUU, disclosed this during a joint briefing by Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of ASUU, at its Abuja headquarters. Reports say the Federal Government is deliberating offering lecturers a 100 percent pay rise following the alleged 180 proposals made by the renegotiation committee led by Nimi Briggs. See Also: ASUU Strike – Buhari Gives The Minister of Education Two Weeks Ultimatum Fagge said: “We have negotiated with a duly mandated committee that is appointed by government and we hav...
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