•Nigerian workers The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), today, issued a 4-week ultimatum to the federal government to resolve all issues it has with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and all other tertiary institution-based unions. It threatened that should the federal government fail to conclude negotiations with ...
The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has expressed concern over a strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying the industrial dispute often disrupts academic sessions and weakens the quality of education. In a statement today, the secretary general of the body, Imam Tajudeen Adewunmi, urged the ...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo University lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called on the federal government to improve funding for public universities. It warned that sustainable investment in education remained the only path to ending strikes and raising the global ranking of Nigerian universities. The ...
•President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the federal government’s moves to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” policy against striking university lecturers, describing it as an act of intimidation that will not resolve the crisis in the nation’s tertiary education system. In a statement signed today by...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) says it is not taking part in the ongoing nationwide strike by university lecturers. In a statement, CONUA’s president, Niyi Sunmonu, dismissed reports that have been suggesting its involvement in the ongoing strike. He said the union is committed to maintaining academic stability through constructi...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government’s appeal asking the union to suspend its proposed warning strike came a little too late. The union blamed the government for its slow response to their demands, lamenting that the government waited until just two working days before the strike [&h...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo The federal government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve its planned strike, assuring that it is committed to addressing all outstanding demands raised by the union. Addressing a news conference in Abuja today, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said the federal government is ...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Chris Piwuna, has restated that there is no going back on its planned two weeks nationwide warning strike over some lingering issues, if the federal government fails to respond on or before October 13 expiry date. The planned strike follows a two-week ultimatum issued by [&he...
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government another 14-day ultimatum to resolve lingering issues affecting its members. The union threatened to embark on an industrial action if its demands are not met at the end of the fresh ultimatum, reports Daily Trust. It explained that the notice, [&...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has made a U-turn regarding his earlier remarks on the federal government’s agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), admitting the existence of the deal in 2009. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, the minister had insisted that no agreement existed between the gover...

