Tag: Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

ASUU: Compensate Us With Free Tuition, Varsity Students Tell Buhari

Abibat Babalola

“N20,000 stipends should also be given to the students to cushion the effect of the strike on education” – NANS President         As students of tertiary institutions affected by the eight months of industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) prepare for resumption, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has requested that the Federal Government waive tuition, hostel fees and other payments for students during next session. NANS said that the waiver would serve as compensation for the eight months they…

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ASUU Strike’ll Be Called Off In Days, Falana Shows Optimism

Abibat Babalola

A legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana, has expressed optimism over the lingering strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The human rights activist, who is also the lawyer to the academics at a book launch on Monday in Lagos, stated that the strike would be called off in days. He added that it is likely that the strike would be concluded outside the courtroom. READ ALSO: BREAKING: ‘Strange’ Fire Razes Kogi Assembly Woman Beats Her 3-Yr-Old Grandchild To Death For…

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Buhari Breaks ASUU, Registers CONUA, NAMDA As Alternative Unions

Abibat Babalola

CONUA, a breakaway faction of ASUU, is led by its National Coordinator, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife         In an attempt to clip the wings of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Government on Tuesday approved the registration of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. Platforms Africa reports that the government also approved the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as a trade union. READ ALSO:…

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Audit: Crossfire As Nigerian Govt Takes Step To Deregister ASUU

Abibat Babalola

ASUU failed to submit financial reports of its audited account as required by law in the last five years – Ngige Osodeke reacts, move to de-register ASUU as a trade union, an attempt by the minister to blackmail the university lecturers back to work       A threat by the Federal Government to withdraw the Certificate of Registration (CoR) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) introduced a new twist to the rift between the two bodies yesterday. Platforms Africa reports that this has led to a crossfire…

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Buhari-Govt Has Declared War, ASUU Says, Appeals Resumption Ruling

Abibat Babalola

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has declared a war by dragging it to Court. It said it would on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), according to a report by PUNCH, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home its demands for improved funding for universities and…

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ASUU STRIKE:NANS Makes Good Its Threats, Grounds Lagos Airport

Abibat Babalola

NANS makes good of its threats to block the Airports over the ASUU strike. Students under the platform of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to press down their demands for the government to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has dragged on for almost seven months. As early as 7.00 am, the students with various placards had taken over all the entry and exit points of the airport, causing gridlock on the busy Airport and Moboljai…

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ASUU strike: Minister, NUC, VCs, Pro-Chancellors Meet Sept 6

Abibat Babalola

In a bid to halt the indefinite strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the National Universities Commission (NUC) has scheduled a meeting among the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities for September 6. The meeting will hold at the commission’s headquarters, Abuja. NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said the commission had invited the pro-chancellors and their vice-chancellors to a meeting with the minister to seek solution to the crisis. The pro-chancellors and their vice-chancellors are expected to meet with…

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$23million Abacha Loot Should Address Our Demands – ASUU President

Ganiyu Amodu

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has said the $23million looted fund by the late General Sani Abacha to be returned by the United States government should be used to meet the union’s demands. Osodeke said this during Channels Television Politics Today, on Tuesday while speaking about the six-month-old strike embarked on by the union. The federal government and the US signed a deal last week to return the funds looted by the late dictator. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Soviet Union Last Surviving Leader,…

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You Won’t Resume Until Govt Meet Our Demands, ASUU To Varsity Students

Abibat Babalola

Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke says students are making sacrifices for coming generations President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has declared that the current strike by members of the union will linger and keep student at home until the Nigeria Government is ready to agree to their terms. READ ALSO: Why We proscribed ASUU, SSANU, NASU – Ekiti varsity BREAKING: ASUU Extends Strike, Shuts Varsities Till September Wike Drags Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP, INEC To Court Over Presidential Primary He added that the union’s strike is preparing…

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114 Sacked Lecturers Drag Kogi Varsity To Court

Abibat Babalola

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has been asked to reverse the sack of 114 lecturers of the Kogi State University (KSU). The request is contained in a suit the lecturers filed through their lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN). At the last hearing of the case on Friday, the court presided over by Justice Rakiya Haastrup admitted 345 exhibits, primarily documents, tendered by the claimants’ lawyer, Femi Adedeji (who held Falana’s brief). READ ALSO: Naira Crashes To Record Low Against Dollar JUST IN: APC Women Leader, Kemi Nelson, Is Dead BREAKING:…

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