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ASUU president hints at calling off eight months strike soon
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union is optimistic about calling off its lingering strike, adding that there is now “light at the end of the tunnel“. He stated this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives led by the House Speaker, Femi […]
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ASUU:FG’s Circular Stops Reopening Of Varsities
The Federal Government has made a U-turn on its directive to vice chancellors, asking them to reopen universities, which had been shut due to the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. An earlier circular dated September 23, 2022, had directed vice chancellors to reopen varsities. The new circular advised VCs to await […]
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Court orders ASUU to call off strike
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven-month strike. Recall that ASUU embarked on a strike on February 14, over the failure of the government to meet its demands including issues on funding of tertiary institutions and review of lecturers’ salaries and allowances. However, […]
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ASUU: “Enough is enough” – Buhari tells striking lecturers
President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying enough is enough. The president stated this on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress, legislators, and other political leaders at his residence. He enjoined the lecturers to reconsider their […]
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Justin: ASUU extends strike by 12 weeks
ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its ongoing strike by 12 weeks. ASUU said it took the decision after its National Executive Council meeting which was held on Sunday at the University of Abuja, as the issues that informed the strike had not been resolved. According to […]
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ASUU’s ‘Valentine’ Strike and ‘Maradona’ Government
Oludayo Tade In the Spirit of the season of Love, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14 commenced a “four-week roll-over, total and comprehensive strike action” over failure of the Federal Government (FG) to fully implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) it signed with the Union on 23rd December, 2020. The Union […]
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ASUU Strike: UI, LAUTECH, UNILORIN, Sets Up Monitoring Teams
Academic activities have been paralysed at University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University and University of Ilorin campuses as lecturers continue to prosecute the one-month strike declared by their Union to pressure government to sign renegotiated conditions of service for lecturers among other demands. The universities which are in the Ibadan Zone of the Union held […]
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