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Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor – ASUU

11Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, has faulted the appointment of Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, as a Professor of Cyber Security by the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). The association maintained it was not convinced that due processes were followed in the appointment. ATBU is Pantami’s alma mater where he started his career as a lecturer. Addressing journalists at the Secretariat in Bauchi, the capital on Thursday, Bauchi ASUU chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, said, “Appointing somebody to the rank of professor follows some procedures, to some extent we are convinced that these procedures are exhaustively followed but it i...

ASUU Calls On NASS To Pass The Bill To Amend NUC Act

11Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Calls On NASS To Pass The Bill To Amend NUC Act

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU ) has called on the National Assembly to pass the Bill to amend the National Universities Commission Act to address the proliferation of state universities. The coordinator of the Kano Zone of the Union , Prof . Abdulkadir Muhammad made the call at a press conference held at Bayero University Kano, on Friday. Muhammad, who called for the passage of the bill, also called on the visitors of the Universities to live up to their responsibilities. “We are calling on the national assembly to , as a matter of urgency , consider and pass the Bill. Due to bad governance and underfunding, our state-owned universities may soon collapse beyond redemption. “Visitors of state universities had turned establishment of state universities into proje...

ASUU Threatens Strike Over Non-Payment of Salaries, Remittance of Check Off Dues

19Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Threatens Strike Over Non-Payment of Salaries, Remittance of Check Off Dues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has threatened to go on strike again over the ‘blatant’ refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1000 staff for 13 months. The ASUU chairman, University of Jos, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, who raised the alarm in a press statement made available to reporters in Jos, accused the AGF of fanning the ember of discord between the federal government and the Union, which may lead to another round of strike action that may spell doom for the education sector. Maigoro, however, called on the federal government to prevail on the AGF to prevent any rift that may lead to the immediate closure of university gates across the country. According to him, the astonishin...

FG Withholds Salaries of Academics, Expects to be Begged – ASUU Says as it Threatens Strike

6Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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FG Withholds Salaries of Academics, Expects to be Begged – ASUU Says as it Threatens Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged the Federal Government to implement the agreements reached before the suspension of its 10-month strike to avert a further strike by the union. The union lamented that the government was yet to pay some of its members in several universities, with arrears ranging between three and 14 months being owed. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed these in an interview with SundayPunch. Speaking on a possible reaction of the union should the government remain intransigent, Osodeke said he would not hesitate to continue where his predecessor, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stopped. He said, “It is continuity, we run a collective leadership. So, it’s continuity from where my immediate predecessor stopped. It (the crisis) is not ...

ASUU Threatens Fresh Strive Over Unremitted Deductions, Inconsistent Payment

15Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Threatens Fresh Strive Over Unremitted Deductions, Inconsistent Payment

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that its members might be forced to withdraw from work over what it termed the victimization of its members. The union blamed the Federal Government, as well as the Accountant General of the Federation, over refusal to pay its members’ salaries despite the ‘no victimisation clause’ of the suspended strike, Punch reports. It said that while its members have long resumed duty, the hardship been faced due to unpaid salaries and non-refund of deducted check-off dues will affect productivity. According to the Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, the Federal Government failed to remit the deductions it made to the account of the union. The varsity lecturers warned that if pushed to the limit, “withdrawal of wo...

Universities To Reopen in January – Ngige

21Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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Universities To Reopen in January – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, says the Academic Activities in Nigeria Universities will resume January. He spoke Monday in Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, during the launch of Ngige free medical outreach at the Community’s Health Center. Ngige said, “We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. “So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people. “Tuesday, we will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. We will put everything on the table and compare. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike when ...

ASUU Commences Consultation with Members

21Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Nigeria, Youths

ASUU Commences Consultation with Members

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has started consultations with all of its members to confirm the status of the industrial action. According to The Nation, the National President of the union, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi confirmed this in an interview. Ogunyemi said: “We are consulting with our organs. When we have new information we will share it. “We are reporting back to the government on Friday. That is when the consultation will end.” Asked if the union would call off the strike before Friday’s meeting, Ogunyemi said: “I don’t have the power to suspend the strike.” The Federal Government on Friday agreed to ASUU’s demand to pay their members’ salary arrears from February to June through the old salary payment platform, pending when the university lecturers wi...

ASUU Strike: UTAS Integrity Test to Take 8 Weeks – Ngige

18Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: UTAS Integrity Test to Take 8 Weeks – Ngige

FG didn’t budget for purchase of UTAS hardware Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and employment has revealed that the integrity test being done to ascertain the efficiency of the software of the University transparency and Accountability Solution being put forward by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would take between six and eight months to be completed. The academic body has been on extended strike in protest against plans by the Federal Government for members of ASUU to enroll on Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) among other issues. ASUU has instead proposed the use of UTAS as an alternative payment system for its members. Ngige while speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa...

Fayemi Begs ASUU to Shelve Strike for Student’s Sake

3Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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Fayemi Begs ASUU to Shelve Strike for Student’s Sake

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve the ongoing industrial action in the best interest of the students. Fayemi stressed the need for urgent and holistic engagement between Federal Government and the leadership of ASUU in order to bring an end to the current impasse. The governor made this appeal in Ado-Ekiti while playing host to members of the Board of Trustees of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, led by its Chairman and former Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, in his office. “We need to get to a point of convergence with ASUU, but I also think ASUU should begin to look at this from the position of their importance. It is the students of the ordinary Nigerians who attend the...

ASUU Reveals When Strike Will be Called Off

27Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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ASUU Reveals When Strike Will be Called Off

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is ready to call off its ongoing strike as soon as the Federal Government conducts an integrity test on the proposed payroll system, University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). ASUU said that its members are ready to return to the classroom once government shows commitment to implementing contentious issues. ASUU had opposed enrollment into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). It rather developed the UTAS as a peculiar payment platform for its members. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview with newsmen revealed that while a proposed meeting with government on Monday was cancelled, the body was expecting the government to give clearance to National Information Tec...