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UNIJOS ASUU Issues Order To Lecturers Amid Payment Of Half Salary
5Nov By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

UNIJOS ASUU Issues Order To Lecturers Amid Payment Of Half Salary

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Jos chapter, has directed its members to halt teaching indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the branch chairman, Prof. Lazarus Maigoro. Recall that the federal government had on Thursday paid half salaries to university teachers after they suspended their strike on 14th October. The statement read in part, “One of the issues agreed at the meeting was that 50 percent of the backlog of eight months arrears of our withheld salaries would be paid to our members immediately but as of the time of writing this press release, only 17 days prorated October salary was paid to our members by the office...
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ASUU Strike Suspended Based On Trust – ASUU President
25Oct By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike Suspended Based On Trust – ASUU President

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the union based the suspension of its strike on trust rather than a signed agreement with the government. This was stated by the President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, during a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday. Recall that the Appeal Court had supported the order of the National Industrial Court, for the union to suspend its strike. But before the judgment of the court, the House had reached some agreements with the union on behalf of the federal government. Speaking at the meeting, Osodeke said that ASUU based its decision on trust by suspending the strike without signing any agreement with the government. He said, “The strike we called off, our members did it ...
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ASUU Appeals Against NIC Judgment On Strike
23Oct By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
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ASUU Appeals Against NIC Judgment On Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has once again appealed the judgment of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which ordered the union to suspend its strike. Reports say the court was yet to fix a date to officially hear the suit. ASUU Femi Falana, ASUU counsel, stated this in an interview with Punch on Saturday. According to Falana, the union was still expecting the official hearing date from the appellate court. Recall that Justice Hamman Polycarp of the Industrial Court had ordered the members of ASUU to return to the classroom. The union proceeded to file an appeal before the Appeal Court in Abuja. However, the appellate court asked the university teachers to call off the strike before its appeal could be heard. See Also: Real Reason We Called O...
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Real Reason We Called Off Strike – ASUU
17Oct By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
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Real Reason We Called Off Strike – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has revealed the rationale behind the suspension of its industrial action.   Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of ASUU said the eight months strike was suspended due to a court order and plea from concerned Nigerians. The ASUU President disclosed this when he appeared on Channels TV on Sunday. He said, “As you have seen from our press release – although there were interventions by the Speaker (Gbajabiamila) and others – the major reason we are resuming is because we are obeying the industrial court’s judgement. The issues have not been fully resolved and no agreements signed. “We are resuming because we are a law-abiding organisation and we don’t want to break the law. “We are also hoping that the intervention of the...
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ASUU Strike: FG Apologises To Students, Parents
15Oct By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG Apologises To Students, Parents

The Federal government has asked students and parents for forgiveness after the eight-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was suspended.   Recall that the leadership of ASUU yesterday conditionally suspended the industrial action on Friday.   Reacting, the Ministry of Labour in a statement by the Deputy Director of Press, Oladije Oshundun, thanked all those who participated in bringing an end to the strike.   See Also: ASUU Conditionally Suspends Strike After Eight Months The statement partly read, “Now that ASUU has decided to obey the judgment of the National Industrial Court by calling off the devastating action, we apologize to all students and parents, of which the Honorable Minister is one, for this unduly prolonged strike, which...
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ASUU Conditionally Suspends Strike After Eight Months
14Oct By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments
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ASUU Conditionally Suspends Strike After Eight Months

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has conditionally suspended its eight-month strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has conditionally suspended its eight months strike. The union called off the strike after negotiations with the Federal Government and the House of Representatives, led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.   ASUU reached the decision to suspend the strike during its National Executive Council meeting held at the ASUU secretariat, Abuja that lasted from Thursday to the early hours of Friday. A source who spoke to Guardian said, “Yes, it has been called off.” ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke after negotiation with the government had stated that the strike may be suspended in a couple of days. Osodeke said, “In a f...
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ASUU Strike: Buhari Begs Lecturers to Return to Classrooms
1Oct By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
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ASUU Strike: Buhari Begs Lecturers to Return to Classrooms

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the eight months strike embarked on by the Union. See Also: ASUU Says FG Can Resolve Eight-Month Strike in Two Days Buhari implored lecturers to return to classrooms during his Independence Day anniversary speech on Saturday. He assured the demands of the lecturers will eventually be met but within the limits of scarce resources. He said ” I’m using this independence Day celebration to reiterate my call for the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to return to the classroom while assuring them to deal with their contending issues within the limits of the scarce resources available. “This administration has made appreciable progress in redressing ...
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ASUU Says FG Can Resolve Eight-Month Strike in Two Days
29Sep By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
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ASUU Says FG Can Resolve Eight-Month Strike in Two Days

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osadeke, says the Federal Government is capable of resolving the ongoing strike within two days. See Also: ASUU Reaches Agreement with Reps, Awaits Buhari’s Approval Prof. Emmanuel stated this while he was featured on the Arise TV programme, he further stated that the reason the strike continues is that the Federal Government does not want to meet the demands of ASUU. He also blasted Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige for taking ASUU to the National Industrial Court while the House of Representatives and President Buhari are still negotiating with the Union to end the eight-month strike. “All Nigerians can see that the government is not interested in resolving the issues. Like I have said, th...
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ASUU Reaches Agreement with Reps, Awaits Buhari’s Approval
21Sep By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments
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ASUU Reaches Agreement with Reps, Awaits Buhari’s Approval

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached an agreement with the Federal Government after a 4-hour meeting at the National Assembly in Abuja. See Also: FG Considers Minimum Wage Increase for Workers to Tackle Inflation The agreement between both parties was negotiated by the leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke represented the union while Goodluck Opiah, the Minister of State for Education, stood as the representative for the Federal Government. Although an agreement has been reached, President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to approve it as he is currently at the United Nations General Assembly meeting at the UN. Femi Gbajabiamila, who was present at the meeting, disclosed that indeed an agreement was reached...
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FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi
1Sep By Kosi UchennaNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has lamented the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Obi described the ongoing strike as “unconscionable, worrisome and unacceptable” and regretted that the Federal Government has not done enough to resolve the contending issues with the university teachers. He disclosed this in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle yesterday. Obi tweeted, “Nigeria is vastly polarised and wrecked by deep divisions along religious, ethnic and regional lines. There is a staggering level of corruption. Our universities have remained closed for six months. See Also: I’m No Stranger To Nigerian Problems – Peter Obi “While our healthcare system remains almost moribund, power generation and distribu...
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