Tag: ASUU President

BREAKING: ASUU Extends Strike, Shuts Varsities Till September

Damilola Olonade

University Students who have been at home since February 14, 2022, will remain stranded for another four weeks   The ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has been extended by another four weeks till September. Platforms Africa reports that this was confirmed in a release signed by the President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday, August 1. READ ALSO ASUU Demands Ban of Foreign Education for Public Officials’ Children BREAKING: Resolve Issues With ASUU In 2 Weeks, Buhari Orders Minister ASUU: NUC Laments…

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ASUU Raises Hope of Calling off Over 110 Day-strike

Abibat Babalola

“As parents, I and other lecturers feel the pain of the students and want to see them back in classes as soon as possible,” AIT quoted ASUU President to have said that he would brief the media this week. Hope rises for public university students in Nigeria as Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) provides hints it might call off its 110 days long strike. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, told AIT’s Abulu Osemuaghu exclusively via the telephone that he will brief the media this week. READ ALSO: EKSU Reopens,…

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Strike Likely Soon Despite Govt’s N52.5bn – Nigerian Varsity Lecturers

Aliyu Aliyu

University lecturers in Nigeria under the auspuces of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have said the N30bn Revitalisation Fund and N22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totalling N52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system. Platforms  Africa reports that this was contained in a report by Sunday PUNcH. The newspaper reported the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, to have noted in an interview that there was a possibility that the union would still go on strike, unless the government addressed its…

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Meet Emmanuel Osodeke, Prof of Soil Science who just emerged ASUU President

Precious Ibekwe

  “A man of trouble who has severally (sic) taken the university management and governing council to court, and a lecturer who has received the greatest amount of warnings and queries for incompetence and negligence of duty.”     Victor Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science, has newly been elected National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Platforms Africa reports that Osodeke has a running battle with the management of Micheal Okpara University where he works, prompting a movement known as Coalition to Save Micheal Okpara…

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