•Tunji Alausa Minister of Education Tunji Alausa has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is determined to ensure that there are no industrial actions in the education sector. Alausa, who spoke yesterday as a guest on a national television programme, said the president had directed his team to ensure that the Academic Staff Union ...
•Tinubu The honeymoon between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government may soon be over, as the former has hinted at embarking on yet another long strike to press home its demands over the unresolved 2009 Agreement. This is even as the Union has given its assessment of the Bola Tinubu […]
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has joined the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to reject the sharing formula adopted by the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the N50 b...
•Newly elected ASUU president, Prof Chris Piwuna A Professor of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist, Chris Piwuna, has been elected as the national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He takes over from Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Agriculture at the University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, who was elected...
•Tinubu The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has kicked against the proposed Nigeria Tax Reform Bill by the federal government, saying it will destroy public institutions in the country. Addressing journalists at the weekend, the Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Benin Zone, comprising nine universities, Prof. Monday Lewis Igbafen,...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka zone in Enugu State, today said that the benefits of students loan scheme of the Tinubu-led federal government must not replace the agency funding infrastructures in tertiary institutions across the country as it had yet to pass the test of time. Our correspondent reports that ASU...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it had not declared a nationwide strike yet after several months of threat to do so. The President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed to our correspondent in an exclusive interview at the weekend that the union deliberately delayed the proposed industrial action...
•Tinubu As the world prepares to usher in the New Year, stakeholders across major sectors in Nigeria, including manufacturing academia, security, local government unions, and the Ijaw National Congress, have called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure a better economy in 2025. They noted that 2024 had been “tough” and “difficult,” but expressed ...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities at Bayelsa State Government-owned Niger Delta University has declared an indefinite strike over the government’s alleged failure to honour agreements reached with the union. The strike action was announced today following a meeting at the union’s secretariat in Amassoma, reports The PUNCH. Details of th...
•ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has cautioned the federal government against replacing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) with the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), warning that such a move would cripple public universities and undermine tertiary education in Nigeria. A...
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