Estimated Reading Time: 1The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to begin another strike over what it called the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. Dr Lazarus[Read More…]
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UNIJOS ASUU withdraws participation from Postgraduate programmes
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Jos have withdrawn their participation in all Postgraduate programmes in the Institution. ASUU Chairman, University of Jos, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro in a press statement issued on Wednesday in Jos said the painful decision was taken due to the[Read More…]
ASUU to begin warning strike in Yobe June 8
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yobe State chapter, is set to commence a two-week warning strike in Damaturu from Tuesday, June 8, 2021. ASUU resorted to the strike due, reportedly, to government’s failure to meet its members’ demands. Chairman of ASUU in the state, Mohammed[Read More…]
Just In: ASUU appoints new President
Estimated Reading Time: 1 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has elected Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State as its new president. This development follows the termination of its past president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi’s four-year tenure on Saturday. Osodeke was[Read More…]
ASUU joins NLC strike in Kaduna in solidarity
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr Peter Adamu gave the directive in a circular to the members of the union, issued[Read More…]
ASUU declares the Buhari-led administration as the ‘real enemy of Nigerian workers’
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Buhari-led administration of being responsible for the “double portion” of atrocities, corruption and insecurity that has affected the life of the average Nigerian. ASUU, University of Ibadan, Professor Ayoola Akinwole made the claim in a statement to[Read More…]
Just In: Federal Government, ASUU to hold emergency meeting over strike threats
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has invited the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to an emergency meeting following the threat to embark on another round of strike. The emergency meeting is to hold Tuesday, the 6th of April 2021 at 11:00 am in the[Read More…]
Nigerian private universities produce graduates with ’empty brains’ – ASUU Chairman
Estimated Reading Time: 1The chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Plateau State, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, has said most Nigerian private universities do not produce high quality graduates. While speaking to journalists on Thursday about the newly approved private universities, Maigoro decried low academic standards in most[Read More…]
COVID-19: ASUU insists reopening schools amid pandemic is unsafe
Estimated Reading Time: 2 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has insisted that the government has not put in adequate measures for Universities to resume academic activities in a safe environment amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recall that following the end of the union’s 9-month strike[Read More…]
Reopening universities in overcrowded classrooms and hostels is unsafe – ASUU
Estimated Reading Time: 3Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have raised concerns over the reopening of universities amidst the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recall that ASUU embarked on a nine-month nationwide industrial action on March 23, 2020, following its dispute with the Federal Government over[Read More…]
