Tag: ASUU

TASUED ASUU Chairman, Dr Kazeem Rufai, Is Dead

Abibat Babalola

How Varsity’s top staff died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving medical care after a road accident     The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Council, Dr Kazeem Rufai, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the Registrar of the University, Dapo Oke, who announced Rufai’s death in a statement on Wednesday, maintained that the University’s top staff died in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving medical care after a road accident. Here, below,…

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Black Market Judgement: Varsity Students Reject Court Ruling On ASUU

Scott Matthew

      Thr National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the industrial Court Ruling, which asked the university lecturers to end their strike, describing it as a black market judgement. Platforms Africa reports that NANS made this known through a statement by Giwa Yisa Temitope, National PRO. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike 20 Yr-Old Man Arrested For Rape, Murder Of Teenage Girl Inside Church Married Man Kills Girlfriend For Committing Abortion Without His Consent Here, below, is the full statement NANS REJECTS FG’s…

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Osun Primary School Pupils Protest ASUU Strike

Abibat Babalola

Primary school pupils in Osun State have appealed to the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the grievances of university lecturers. Recall that it is almost six months since members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been on strike. Other unions in the universities including ASUU, Non-Academic Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have also been on strike for the same length of time. READ ALSO: ASUU: Expect Nationwide Strike,…

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EKSU Reopens, Becomes 2nd Varsity To Backout of ASUU strike In 24Hrs

Ganiyu Amodu

The management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has announced the resumption of academic activities amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Platforms Africa reports that EKSU is the second university after Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma to have backed out of the strike by the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) within 24 hours. READ ALSO ASUU to Buhari: We’ll Continue Strike Till 2023 if Necessary Ambrose Alli Varsity Backs Out Of ASUU Strike, Resumes May 26 BREAKING: ASUU Extends Strike By 3 Months, Shuts Varsities Till…

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Ogun students shut down Benin-Ore highway

Abibat Babalola

Students protesting the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, have reportedly blocked the Sagamu-Benin-Ore highway. The students on a joint protest are from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Tai Solarin University of Education, and the Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, all in Ogun State. They bore on their banner, “Stop Toying with Our Education,” as they marched on the road in protest. READ ALSO ASUU to Buhari: We’ll Continue Strike Till 2023 if Necessary Strike: Buhari Has Stopped Our Salary, ASUU Members Cry Out…

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Nigerian Varsity Students To Stay At Home For Additional 6 Weeks

Abibat Babalola

As Govt Asks For Six Weeks To Decide On ASUU Strike Barring unforeseen circumstances, the hundreds of thousands of students in Nigerian universities who are forced out of school due to strike are to stay at home for an additional six weeks. This cane as the Nigerian Government during a meeting with its Renegotiation Committee, has pleaded for the six weeks to allow the committee in charge of renegotiation concludes its task of redesigning a new agreement with ASUU. ASUU has vowed to remain on strike until its demands are…

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Nigerian Varsities May Be Shut Longer Than Expected – ASUU

Abibat Babalola

Varsity lecturers’ union accuses NITDA of dashing students hope of quick return to school, sabotaging government’s effort to end strike   Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)’s unpatriotic stance will prolong the ASUU strike and keep students out of school for a period longer than expected. The university union accused NITDA of lying that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) failed the agency’s integrity tests. READ ALSO: Nigerian Varsities Remain Shut Till May As ASUU Extends Strike For 8 Weeks…

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Strike: Consider Students’ Interest, Olubadan Begs Govt., ASUU

Abibat Babalola

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has called on all stakeholders in the education sector to intervene in the current face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which has plunged the university lecturers into strike. The monarch, in a statement made available to Platforms Africa on Sunday, appealed to the two parties to consider the interest of the students and end the strike, which is six weeks old. The Olubadan made the appeal during the courtesy visit to him at his Alarere palace by…

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ASUU, NMA, Not Recognised Labour Unions in Nigerian – Govt

Aliyu Aliyu

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, has said the Nigerian Medical Association and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, as well as their affiliates, were not recognised labour unions in the public service. She also stated that the Federal Government was considering creating two additional councils in the education and health sectors. Yemi-Esan stated this during the opening of the separate and joint meetings of the national public service negotiating councils, which was attended by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige,…

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JUST IN: Nigerian Varsity Lecturers Threaten Fresh Strike

Damola Oyede

Barely six months after it suspended its 10 month-old strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a fresh industrial action if the 13 months’ salaries of over 1,000 of its members across the country were not paid. Platforms Africa reports that Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman, University of Jos chapter of the union, who stated this in a statement on Saturday, in Jos, added that the Nigerian Government had also withheld the check-off dues of the affected members. He accused Ahmed Idris, the Accountant General…

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