Strike: Anxiety as students, parents await ASUU’s decision

ASUU president denies calling state varsities quack The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not. ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend it as there has […]

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ASUU rejects EKSU resumption order, UNIOSUN tackles union

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has rejected an order given by the management of the institution for the resumption of academic activities. The Chairperson of the union, Dr Kayode Arogundade, who made this known on Friday, however, said the university’s Registrar, Ife Oluwole, was free to reopen the university […]

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ASUU strike: How we run home without salaries –Lecturer couple

Prof Afis Oladosu and his wife, Dr Habibah Oladosu-Uthman, are both lecturers in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan. The academic couple speak with Oluwafemi Morgan about the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and how they have coped with the attendant non-payment of their salaries in the […]

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Ondo lifts primary schools teachers to permanent secretary status

Ondo State government has approved that serving primary school teachers can now reach the Level-16 status like their counterparts in the civil service. This, by implication, means that they can be considered for the position of permanent secretary when such vacancy is opened. Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt.Hon Victor Olabimtan, dropped […]

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University workers protest strike suspension, pelt leaders

The Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos, branch, booed and threw sachets of pure water at their leaders who addressed them during a protest on Wednesday. The leadership of JAC of SSANU/NASU, in a statement on Saturday, asked all its members nationwide to resume […]

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UN urges FG to raise education budget by 20%

The United Nations, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to increase its current budgetary allocation to the education sector from seven to 20 per cent in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4—universal, inclusive and equitable basic education for all school-age children by 2030. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mathias […]

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ASUU rejects N10,000 varsity support levy by parents

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the proposed payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent to assist the Federal Government in making more funds available for universities. It had been reported on Wednesday that the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria proposed the levy and sought an audience with the government over […]

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ASUU: Parents propose N10, 000 support levy for varsities

The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has sought audience with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola […]

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You are misleading Nigerians, ASUU tells FG

Education minister, Adamu Adamu Warns of indefinite strike over 2009 pact Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of misleading citizens on underlying issues of the protracted strike with falsehood and cheap blackmail against the lecturers. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had claimed that the Federal Government had fulfilled almost all […]

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