The Federal Government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities met on Monday at the Ministry of Education headquarters, Abuja, to review the grey areas in the 2017 Memorandum of Action, trying to reach a middle ground. The…
ASUU STRIKE: The key demands (Vanguard)
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike enters the third week, undergraduates in public universities are lamenting their fate. This happened just as the meeting between ASUU and the Federal Government held on Thursday ended in deadlock. While…
ASUU tackles Fayemi over prof salary claim (Punch)
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has come under severe attack from the Academic Staff Union of Universities over his claim that lecturers are faring better under the current administration in terms of welfare. Speaking in Paris during President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
UNIABUJA business operators lament effects of ASUU strike (Punch)
Some business operators at the University of Abuja, have decried the adverse effects of the continued nationwide strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University on their trade. The business owners spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria…
ASUU: negotiating team okays student loan (Nation)
The Federal Government/Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) 2009 Agreement Renegotiation Committee has said that a student loan scheme through an education bank can solve the sector’s funding challenges. Its chairman, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), said a N1 million per…
ASUU strike paralyses academic activities at UI (Guardian)
Academic activities were yesterday grounded at the University of Ibadan (UI) following the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). While lecturers stayed away from classes, students were seen loitering around their hall of residences and classrooms.…
We can’t meet ASUU’s demands now — FG (Punch)
The Federal Government has appealed to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to exercise restraint in their demands from the government. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said at a press conference in Abuja on Monday…
Strike: We have fully complied – Unilag ASUU (Nation)
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), University of Lagos Chapter, has ensured total compliance with the strike directive given by the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The Chairman of the chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru, made the disclosure in an…
ASUU Begins Indefinite Nationwide Strike (Leadership)
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members across the country to commence an indefinite industrial action. This followed a meeting of ASUU leaders yesterday at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Read…
ASUU calls for reopening of negotiation with FG (Nation)
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri zone, has called on the Federal Government to urgently open renegotiation on the 2009 agreement with the union to avoid industrial disharmony. Coordinator of the zone, Dr Uzo Onyebinama, read out the…