Tag: Minister of Labour and Employment

Half Salary: UNIJOS ASUU Resumes Fresh ‘Strike’

ADEOLA YUSUF

The University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced a fresh ‘strike’ to protest the half salaries paid its members for the month of October. The union is also protesting the government’s refusal to pay the withheld eight months salaries over the prolonged strike by the union. The union has, however, said it has not declared strike but that its members should stay away from work until the alleged injustice is remedied. The National Vice President of ASUU, Chris Piwuna, who had earlier…

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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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Buhari, APC Governors Meet Ahead Of Party’s Presidential Primary

Abibat Babalola

This picture released by the Presidency shows President Muhammadu Buhari, APC governors, and others posing for a group photograph at the State House in Abuja on May 31, 2022. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the ruling party’s national convention to produce its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. The meeting which held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja had all members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum represented. READ ALSO Journalists barred as APC screens Tinubu, Amaechi, others How…

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