Tag: The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

Pay Salary Backlog Or Forget Unfinished Academic Sessions, ASUU To Buhari

Abibat Babalola

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted on the payment of the salary backlog to lecturers, maintaining that without the move, unfinished academic sessions should be forgotten. President of the union Professor Emmanuel Osodeke made the remark on Friday, explaining that though public varsities have been shut since February, the lecturers should be paid since they have to teach to make up for time lost during the closure. READ ALSO: ASUU Replies Adamu On Students’ Compensation Comment ASUU Must Compensate Students For Wasted Time – Minister Of Education…

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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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Real Reason We Rejected FUTA First Female VC’s Appointment – ASUU

Gbenga Adeoti

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, has given reasons the appointment of the new Vice-chancellor of the institution, Prof. Adenike Temidayo Oladiji, as the eight substantive of the University will not be allowed to stand. Platforms Africa reports that the rejection of Prof. Oladiji was contained in a press statement by the Concerned Members of the Senate, signed by Prof. P. A. Aborisade and Prof. M. B. Oyun. READ ALSO: Meet Prof. Adenike Oladiji, First Female VC In FUTA’s 41-Year History FUTA…

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Buhari orders NITDA to subject IPPIS, UTAS, U3PS to integrity test

Abibat Babalola

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to subject the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS and the two other proposed payment solutions proposed by University workers to integrity test. Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the non teaching staff Joint Action Committee, JAC, comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, have lamented that they were being shortchanged in their salary payment since the government introduced IPPIS as…

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