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ASUU Strike: 2009 Pact Renegotiation Panel’s Report To Be Ready April

6Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: 2009 Pact Renegotiation Panel’s Report To Be Ready April

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, is set to inaugurate a committee to renegotiate the 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities tomorrow (Monday). The committee is expected to turn in its report in six weeks from the time of inauguration. It was reported that the 2009 agreement has become a bone of contention between the two parties. ASUU had on several occasions accused the Federal Government of failing to implement some of the agreements reached. In 2009, the government agreed with ASUU that the condition of service of university lecturers would be reviewed every five years. Read Also: Strike: ASUU’s Demand Mustn’t Violate Wages Commission Procedure –Ngige The condition of service includes the issue of sa...

Strike: ASUU’s Demand Mustn’t Violate Wages Commission Procedure –Ngige

2Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: ASUU’s Demand Mustn’t Violate Wages Commission Procedure –Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Tuesday in Abuja said that the Federal Government was committed to enhancing the remuneration package of university lecturers. Ngige spoke to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after briefing the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the status of FG’s current engagement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Read Also: ASUU To FG: You Are Slave Merchants to IMF The minister said, “Yes, our university lecturers deserve good pay. A worker deserves his wages. So, if we compare with what obtains in other climes, and they are not adequately remunerated, there is nothing that stops the government within the lean resources we have to do some compensation raise and make them happy...

ASUU Demands ₦1 Trillion From FG To Suspend Ongoing Strike

28Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

ASUU Demands ₦1 Trillion From FG To Suspend Ongoing Strike

Ongoing industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is seen by some as one of the reasons people patronize private universities, as lecturers there are not members of the union and would not go on strike. Meanwhile, another set of people not participating in the strike are lecturers in some state universities and those in universities not yet unionised. On their part, newly-established public universities are given observer status for some years before being admitted into ASUU. Nigeria has 49 federal universities, 54 owned by state governments and 109 private ones. Federal universities are currently on strike while some state-owned are not part of the strike, the reason being that some major demands by ASUU are peculiar only to feder...

ASUU To FG: You Are Slave Merchants to IMF

21Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Economy, Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

ASUU To FG: You Are Slave Merchants to IMF

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the federal government of Nigeria and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as slave merchants. The union said the federal government led by Buhari only listens and implements destructive policy recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank against the interest of the citizens. The union maintained that the government treats lecturers like slaves because of poor policies formulated and implemented in the education sector. ASUU Chairman at the University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Akinwole made these disclosures in a statement made available to DAILY POST in Ibadan on Sunday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had last week commenced a one-month warning strike. ...

I’m Surprised ASUU Has Gone On Strike – Malam Adamu, Education Minister

17Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

I’m Surprised ASUU Has Gone On Strike – Malam Adamu, Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that he is surprised by the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embark on a one-month strike. He said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The minister, who cleared the government of any fault over failure to reach a truce after several negotiations between ASUU and the Federal Government, said the decision of the university lecturers came abruptly amidst ongoing meetings. According to him, “ASUU, unfortunately, they have gone on strike and I am looking for them because all the issues are being addressed. The last thing that happen...

FUTO Sues ASUU Over Pantami’s Professorship

15Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

FUTO Sues ASUU Over Pantami’s Professorship

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti, has said the management had gone to court over the rejection of Dr. Isah Ibrahim Pantami’s promotion to the rank as a professor of Cyber Security by the institution. This followed the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sanction FUTO management for approving Pantami as a professor while he is still in Federal Government’s active service as a minister. Oti told newsmen yesterday that the management went to court on the matter, saying any comment or discussion on it is subjudice. See Also: ASUU Declares Pantami’s Professorship Illegal, To Sanction FUTO VC, Others But a senior management worker, who spoke in confidence, claimed that ASUU has no right to dabble into...

ASUU Declares Pantami’s Professorship Illegal, To Sanction FUTO VC, Others

14Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Declares Pantami’s Professorship Illegal, To Sanction FUTO VC, Others

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. The union after its National Executive Council meeting declared the promotion as “illegal”. This was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. See Also: Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor – ASUU He said, “You cannot be a minister and a lecturer in a university. It is an encouragement of illegality. “Pantami has to quit as a minister and be tried for doing double jobs within the same federal system. He is not qualified. Pantami should not be treated as a professor.” In September 2021, Pantami, alongside seven academics were elevated by the council o...

ASUU Begins Preparation For Strike, Declares Monday Lecture-free

6Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Begins Preparation For Strike, Declares Monday Lecture-free

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged its chapters across the country to sensitize members of the public on the situation between the union and the Federal Government. This is as it declared Monday, February 7, 2022, as a lecture-free day in a bid to enhance sensitization. The National President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday evening. Sunday PUNCH reports that the directive to the chapters of ASUU comes less than a week after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) pledged the commitment of his administration to fulfilling the agreement with the union. Buhari made the promise when members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council visited him to discuss the lingering is...

FG Begging For Strike – ASUU, Nsukka Zone

10Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

FG Begging For Strike – ASUU, Nsukka Zone

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Nsukka zone (ASUU – Nsukka zone) has declared that the Federal Government (FG) is begging for nationwide strike action by the way it was handling the Memorandum of Action (MOA) entered into with the Union in December, 2020. While ASUU stated that the MoA has suffered a setback because some persons were benefiting from the non-implementation of the action plan, he called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the FG to implement the agreements it entered into with ASUU a year ago. The Zonal Coordinator, ASUU-Nsukka zone, Raphael Amokaha who disclosed this at a press conference held at the Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi on Thursday observed that if the situation was not properly handled, it may lead to another ASUU strike. See Also: Bu...

ASUU Strike Won’t Happen, Funds Are Available – Ngige

17Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

ASUU Strike Won’t Happen, Funds Are Available – Ngige

Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says the strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not take place. On Monday, ASUU issued a three-week ultimatum to the federal government to implement the earlier agreement reached with the union. Speaking on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television, Ngige said funds are available for universities. “The strike will not happen. For one, I know that the funds to pay are there and the ministry of education has assured me that by tomorrow, they will emanate letters to make sure that the disbursement reaches the accounts of the various universities,” he said. “We are not paying the unions directly, so it will get to the universities’ accounts.” ‘STANDARD OF EDUCATION IS FALLING‘ Speaking during the programme, ...