The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to meet in Abuja today (Monday) Newsextra24 reports. The meeting will be held at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja. Leaders of the union, who spoke to NEWSEXTRA24 on Sunday, said the lecturers …
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ASUU strike: What Does The Government Really Want?
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strikes have been on and off for quite some time – every new strike action is triggered by the failure of the government to fulfill its part of the agreement reached with ASUU. Each time, as soon as ASUU responds to the “promise” by …
Read More »Prolonged ASUU strike forces UNICAL lecturer into driving cab
A senior lecturer at the University of Calabar (names withheld) who, like many of his colleagues, is affected by the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resorted to driving taxi. The strike started in February 2022 and negotiations between both the Federal Government and the …
Read More »ASUU: Education Support Group Advocates Payment Of Tuition In Federal Universities
A global Non -Governmental education support organization, Scholarship Aid Initiative (SAI) on Friday, counselled management of Federal Universities in Nigeria to consider the option of charging tuition fees to enable them meet up with financial obligations in their respective institutions. The African Regional President of the organization, Dr. Oluwatosin Adebayo …
Read More »Nigeria’s Education Budget N742bn, Ghana:N1.1trn; South Africa: N9.1trn
AS public universities in the country have been shut down since February 14 this year due to strike action by staff unions whose demands are mainly financial in nature, unless drastic steps are taken, the issue of poor funding may linger in the sector for a while, findings by Vanguard …
Read More »Vice Chancellors To Buhari: Speed Up Resolutions With ASUU, Others
The Committee of Vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities on Thursday implored the President Muhammadu Buhari, to speed up the process of resolving the ongoing disputes between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities among others. Recall that academic and non-academic activities have been …
Read More »ASUU Strike: Shehu Sani Reacts As Female Students Threaten To Protest Nude
Nigerian female students have been warned against protesting nude on the streets over the prolonged strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Reports on social media had said some female students are planning to protest naked on the streets asking the government and ASUU to …
Read More »ASUU Strike: PDP Calls For Immediate Sack Of Education Minister, Adamu
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, in Abuja demanded the apology and immediate resignation of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for “abusing and walking out on Nigerian students who went to his office to plead for his intervention to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of …
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