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ASUU Strike: What FG Proposed As Increment In Professor’s Salaries – ASUU

20Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: What FG Proposed As Increment In Professor’s Salaries – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has disclosed why a resolution is yet to be reached with the Federal Government. Stanley Ogoun, the Port Harcourt zonal coordinator of the union, in a statement stated that the Federal Government offered to increase the salaries of professors by N60,000 while that of other lecturers ranged between N30,000 to N60,000. He added that the government proposed to release N170 billion as revitalisation fund which would be added in the 2023 budget. Ogoun said, “Nigerians should be aware of offers the so-called minister came up with. These are: (a) 170 billion naira for revitalisation in the 2023 budget; (b) a promise to increase by N60,000 the salary of a professor at the bar in next year’s budget; (c) no statement on the amendme...

18Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Why ASUU Strike Lingers – FG

The Federal Government has explained that the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to be paid a backlog of salaries spanning the six-month strike duration is delaying its negotiations with the union. The FG insisted that ASUU members will not be paid the backlog of salaries withheld during the strike period. This was disclosed by Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, in an interaction with newsmen at the 47th session of the State House Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the presidential Communications Team at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Recall that ASUU had on February 14, 2022, declared an industrial action over a dispute with the FG. Other university-based unions equally embarked on strike. Among the unions are the Senior Staff Association o...

Strike To Continue As ASUU, FG Meeting Ends In Deadlock

17Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Strike To Continue As ASUU, FG Meeting Ends In Deadlock

The meeting between the Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday ended in a deadlock as both parties were not able to reach an agreement. ASUU had met with Professor Brigg’s renegotiation committee with a view to finding a solution to the lingering labour dispute which has resulted in the closure of the country’s universities for over six months. The meeting which took place at the National Universities Commission, NUC, headquarters, Abuja, ended without n agreement being reached. Reports say the Prof. Briggs’ committee failed to present new offers on the table, thus prompting the university teachers to stage a walkout. See Also: ASUU Strike: Hope At Last As FG, ASUU Resolve IPPIS, UTAS Dispute A source who pleaded anonym...

ASUU Strike: Hope At Last As FG, ASUU Resolve IPPIS, UTAS Dispute

16Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Hope At Last As FG, ASUU Resolve IPPIS, UTAS Dispute

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has confirmed that the dispute over the payment platform involving the Integrated Payroll and Persona Information System, IPPIS, and the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, has been handled. The issue of payment platform has been one of the major contending issues between the FG and the university lecturers. However, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with Channels Television on Monday raised hope that the strike by the union may soon be called off if things go well during a meeting today (Tuesday). Osodeke accused the government of not doing enough to put an end to the ongoing industrial action by its union. He said, “The issue of IPPIS and UTAS has been put to rest. If the governm...

ASUU Replies Keyamo, Says FG Prolonging Strike

8Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Replies Keyamo, Says FG Prolonging Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the federal government of lacking the commitment to resolve the dispute with its members so as to bring an end to the strike. Recall that the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, had accused ASUU of demanding too much. Keyamo during an interview on Channels TV said, “Should we go and borrow to pay N1.2trillion yearly?“You cannot allow one sector of the economy to hold you by the jugular and then blackmail you to go and borrow N1.2 trillion for overheads when our total income would be about N6.1 trillion. And you have roads to build, health centres to build, and other sectors to take care of,” Reacting, ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with ThisDay accused the federal government...

ASUU Strike: Govt Has No Money To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Keyamo

6Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Govt Has No Money To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Keyamo

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has declared that the federal government does not have the resources to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other university-based unions. Keyamo who was recently appointed as the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign, asked parents to beg ASUU members to call off their almost six-month strike. He noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government will not borrow money to meet ASUU’s demands. The minister disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Televisions programme, ‘Politics Today’ on Friday. Keyamo described the negotiation between ASUU and the Nimi Briggs led committee set up by the federal government, as ‘unrealistic’...

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....

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...

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

28Jul

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

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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...

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...