There are strong indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which embarked on total, indefinite industrial action last Monday, will likely resume work early next week, following ongoing negotiations with the federal government, BusinessDay has gathered. During a private meeting with a team of the National Higher Education Forum on Thursday in Abuja, […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been begged by President Muhammadu Buhari to end their current strike action. Appealing to ASUU, Buhari told the body to think about the plight of the students and called off the industrial action.The appeal was made at the 19th National Productivity Day Celebration and Conferment of National […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. It also stated that the roll-over strike was effective from 12.01 am, May 8, […]
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As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered.Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. It was gathered […]
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THE Academic staff Union of research institutions has suspended its strike, that commenced last Oct over unresolved issues with the federal government. The union disclosed this in a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, signed by its Secretary-General, Theophilus Ndubuaku. According to the letter, the suspension of the strike takes immediate […]
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Education reporters in Nigeria, under the aegis of the Education Writers Association of Nigeria, EWAN, yesterday staged a peaceful protest to demand the immediate reopening of public universities in the country which have been shut down for months due to strike embarked upon by staff unions, especially members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, believes the suspension of the strike embarked on by the academic workers Union of Universities (ASUU), is dependent on the union. Ngige made the comment once he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today on thursday, calling for the varsity lecturers to be considerate. “It depends on ASUU. […]
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THE four university-based unions have withdrawn their services as a result of some unresolved demands with the Federal Government. In this interview, the Minister of Labour and Employment and Conciliator-in-Chief of the Federal Government, Senator Chris Ngige says that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has no business embarking on strike because government is […]
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The National executive council, NEC, of the academic the academic Union of Universities, ASUU, can hold its meeting on Sunday in abuja to make a decision following line of action as its four-week warning strike comes to AN end on monday.Speaking in a chat with Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, the National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said […]
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After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month warning strike to press home its demands from the government. A source at the meeting held in Lagos told Vanguard in confidence that the strike […]
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