The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence its meeting by 4pm today. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. “The meeting will start by 4pm,” […]
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has refuted media reports that he plans to give out Federal universities to state governments if given the mandate as President come 2023. The Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe, stated this in a statement, Monday evening, in Abuja, saying that it was phoney. Ibe […]
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