The Federal Government has provided an explanation for why it did not pay lecturers employed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) their full salary. The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a statement, on Saturday, November 5, noting that ASUU members had received a pro-rata payment ofContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to resume all services hitherto withdrawn with effect from 12:01 on Friday. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 14, 2022 in Abuja. Equally important, the statement was issued at the end ofContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), following an order by the Industrial Court and Court of Appeal, on October 7, 2022 and sequel to a memorandum agreed upon and signed by the Federal government has; on Tuesday, October 11, temporarily suspended the strike which embarked starting from February 14, 2022. ThisContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has again called on striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to the classroom while assuring them to deal with their contending issues within the limits of the scarce resources available. The president, who reiterated the call in a nationwide broadcast on Saturday, October 1, in Abuja, saidContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced reasons why its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee of the Federal Government on August 16 ended in deadlock. The union explained that the deadlock came into being because of a certain award of Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) said toContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, July 11, in Daura, Katsina State revisited the issue of the prolonged strike which has left students at home for months, telling leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that enough is enough. The president called on ASUU to reconsider their position on the continued strike, expressingContinue Reading
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently recover missing N105.7bn of public funds from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to fund the country’s public tertiary institutions, improve the welfare of staff members, and ensure that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) return to class without further delay.”Continue Reading
FEC Approves 12 New Varsities Amid ASUU Strike The Federal Government appears unconcerned about the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), as President Muhammadu Buhari presided over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that approved the establishment of 12 new private universities. Lai Mohammed, Minister ofContinue Reading
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has stated that nothing progressive has emerged to see an end to the warning strike embarked upon by the body. Prof. Osodeke, who was a guest on Channels Television’s show, Sunrise Daily, on Sunday, March 13, expressed his disappointmentContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all issues in the December 2020 Agreement. This was stated by the ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated on Monday, November 15; while addressing reporters in Abuja. He warned that the union might be compelledContinue Reading