NUC seeks VCs’ support to end ASUU strike

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has urged Nigerian universities’ Vice-Chancellors to help government end the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2022 Retreat for Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Directors of Inter-university Centres. He described university […]

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Ngige misinforming Buhari about strike, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige of misinforming President Muhammadu Buhari on its ongoing strike. ASUU said Buhari would not have made his Monday ”Enough is enough” comment on the strike if he had been briefed on the outcomes of negotiation by the Ministry of Education. […]

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Fed Govt committee recommends N2m monthly pay for professors

ASUU alleges blackmail A professor in the Nigerian university system will earn N2 million monthly salary, if the Federal Government accepts the recommendations of its committee on the 2009 agreements with university-based unions. The committee also recommended varied yearly allowances for professors. The allowances are for postgraduate supervision, field trip, responsibility and hazard, examination/timekeeper and […]

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We’re not aware of N1.2tn proposal, says ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands. He also accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming President Muhammadu Buhari about the ongoing strike […]

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Strike: Re-open talks with ASUU, Orji Kalu urges FG

“We must stop playing with the future of our youths”  Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, has urged the Federal Government to re-open negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, he condemned the disruption of academic activities as a result of strikes by the university lecturers. […]

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Falana says FG refuses to fund higher education but spends on projects

Human rights activist and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, says the federal government cannot afford to ignore the funding of higher education while spending trillions of naira on other projects. Falana said this in a statement reacting to the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been […]

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