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Nasarawa University Resume Academic Activities Amid ASUU Strike

7Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Nasarawa University Resume Academic Activities Amid ASUU Strike

Academic activities have commenced at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NSUK, after some lecturers defied the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This development was confirmed by ASUU NSUK branch Chairman, Dr Samuel Alu, Information and Protocol Officer of the varsity, Mr Abraham Ekpo, and President, NSUK Students Union Government, SUG, Mr Najeem Gbefwi, at the university on Thursday. ASUU Strike According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, lectures commenced in the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences among others. The resumption was in response to the directive issued by the university management through a statement that was recently issued, asking students to return to campus for commencement. However, the directive was opposed ...

ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens to Shut Down Airports if Strike Continues

18Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens to Shut Down Airports if Strike Continues

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has threatened to shut down the operations of all international airports in the country over the failure of the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing ASUU Strike. See Also: ASUU Strike: Yul tells Students to Block Road to NASS, Aso rock not Lagos-Ibadan Expressway After holding a meeting at the weekend in Akure, Ondo state, The Students Union had concluded that the Federal Government was treating the lecturers on strike and education as a whole, poorly. After deeming the four-day roadblock of highways and expressways a success, the Students Union has decided to stop international Airports from conducting operations beginning September 19, 2022. The Union justified its decision by saying the government should also exp...

ASUU Strike: Yul tells Students to Block Road to NASS, Aso rock not Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

16Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, Movies and Films, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Yul tells Students to Block Road to NASS, Aso rock not Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie, condemns the actions of protesting university students who mounted a roadblock on the Lagos-Ibadan road over the lingering strike by ASUU. See Also: Peter Okoye Gives Reason Why Opponents attack Peter Obi The prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had incited students to mount a roadblock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday, which left motorists stranded. Yul reacted to the action by university students, he asked them to channel their pent-up anger to the National Assembly and Aso rock, not the poor masses. Airing his displeasure about the action on Twitter, Yul asked the students to mount a block on Aso rock and the National Assembly, not the public roads used by citizens. He wrote, “Dear students,...

FG Drags ASUU to Court Over Ongoing Strike

12Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

FG Drags ASUU to Court Over Ongoing Strike

The Federal Government has called upon the National Industrial Court (NIC) to settle the trade dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. See Also: How I Solved Dispute With ASUU In One Night – Jonathan To that effect, The NIC has summoned both parties to appear before the Court on Monday in Abuja to look through the ongoing strike embarked on by the university unions. The Federal Government wants the Court to direct ASUU to resume academic activities after shutting down public universities for eight months. The Court issued a letter on the 9th of September, signed by the chief register, stating the court sitting would hold at No 11, New-Bussa close, Area 3, Garki Abuja, on Monday 12th of September 2022, at 9 am. Source: Daily Post

ASUU Strike: UNIBEN Staff Member Commits Suicide

11Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Cost of Living, Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: UNIBEN Staff Member Commits Suicide

Prince Carter Oshodin who is a staff of the Federal University of Benin committed suicide on Friday over the non-payment of salaries due to ASUU strike. The Government had refused to pay workers of universities that had embarked on a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). See Also: ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens Mass Action from Students This action by the University unions which led to non-payment of salaries prompted the data entry personnel at UNIBEN, Price Carter to take his life as he could not meet his financial responsibilities. A UNIBEN professor, his name undisclosed, said it was disheartening because they hadn’t been paid for months by the federal government including those who had called off the strike. “Yes he was our staff, he killed himsel...

ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens Mass Action from Students

9Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

ASUU Strike: NANS Threatens Mass Action from Students

The Factional President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Umar Farouk, threatens mass action from students if the Federal Government fails to immediately resolve the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The student union said it will occupy the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu until he resolves the ASUU strike. See Also: ASUU Strike: We have Done The Best We Can – FG “Federal Government through the Ministry of Education should within a few working days resolve the lingering ASUU Strike." “As we shall mobilise our students towards occupying the ministry of education until our demands are met,” Farouk said. Farouk also urged the Federal Government to prioritize education and increase the budget allocation to the Minist...

ASUU Strike: We have Done The Best We Can – FG

7Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: We have Done The Best We Can – FG

The Federal Government said it has done everything possible to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU transitioned into a full-blown strike after declaring a month warning strike on the 14th of February, 2022. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed the information to reporters on Tuesday at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja. See Also: FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi “In all, we have been doing, our guide has been the directive of Mr. President Muhammadu Buhari, namely, that while the unions should be persuaded to return to work, Government should not repeat the past mistakes of accepting to...

Strike: ASUU Reacts To Parents’ Proposal To Pay N10,000 To End Strike

25Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Strike: ASUU Reacts To Parents’ Proposal To Pay N10,000 To End Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has turned down a proposal by the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, to contribute at least N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an attempt to bring the lingering strike to an end. Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, NAPTAN Public Relations Officer, in an interview said the effort was to assist the Federal Government to meet the demands of ASUU. Reacting to the development, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of ASUU in an interview with Arise Television on Thursday turned down the offer. Osodeke instead asked the association to pressurize the federal government to sign their agreement with the union. See Also: Angry Lecturers Leaving Nigeria In Droves – ASUU He said, “I think what this association ...

24Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Strike Goes On – UNIABUJA ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja chapter, has declared that the ongoing strike by the union continues, daring the government to inform Nigerians of any concrete action taken to address the concerns of the union. This was stated by Dr Kassim Umaru, UNIABUJA branch chairman, in an interview with journalists at the end of its Congress on Tuesday. According to Umaru, Congress threw its weight behind the National Executive Council and supports the continuation of the strike given that the government has not done enough to address the contending issues. He said, “As far as we are concerned, the federal government has not done anything to our various demands. “The federal government should tell the Nigerian public what they have done. The two c...

20Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

NANS To Sue FG Over ASUU Strike

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has expressed resolve to sue the Federal Government over the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. NANS argued that the strike which has rendered university students idle and extended their expected period of graduation is actionable and they will be seeking redress in court for their members. This was stated by Sunday Asefon, National President of NANS, in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. Although Asefon aligned with the view of Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Education Minister, that students should be compensated, he, however, disagreed that ASUU should not be held responsible. He stated that the Federal Government being the employer should be held liable under the existing situation...