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
Nigerian electricity workers have suspended their nationwide strike, which led to total blackout in different parts of the country. The electricity workers under the joint umbrella of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC) agreed to suspend the industrial action, followingContinue 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
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
Medical Practitioners under the two major unions of Doctors, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) and the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) have recommenced the initially suspended strike action to press home some demands. The unions hinted that resuming the strike action becameContinue Reading
Following the Plateau State Governor’s five point policy thrust in rejuvenating the economy of Plateau State, through human capital development, the tetiary education sector has received various interventions in the course of revamping the tetiary institutions in the State. First to note was the inauguration of a new Commissioner intoContinue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to resume its suspended strike over an alleged breach of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Kaduna State Government. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting ofContinue Reading