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Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) has hinted of a fresh crisis that would surpass all previous ones in the nation’s universities.   It therefore called on the stakeholders and well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to pay its members across the country their withheld eight …

President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has said that Nigerian university studenta were paying high tuition fees. He said it would be counterproductive and ill advised for the government to introduce new circle of fees in the system in the harsh economic realities of the times. …

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago-Iwoye, yesterday, took to the street calling on the federal government to pay the withheld salaries of their counterparts in the federal universities. The lecturers, who were led by the branch Chairman, Dr. Joel Okewale, …

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may be preparing for another showdown as the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has insisted the government will not pay full salaries to lecturers despite their ongoing nationwide protest.   ASUU had on Monday begun protests across the country to …

The Federal Government has insisted that university lecturers will not be paid for work not done in line with the ‘No work, no pay’ policy.   The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known during a briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja.   The PUNCH reports that the …

Lecturers in different parts of the country on Tuesday protested against the no-work no-pay policy imposed on them by the Federal Government following the eight-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.   They said the actions of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, …

The Federal Government has proposed a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this, Monday, during the budget defence of his ministry and its parastatals before …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the implementation by the Federal Government of a “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers in the country. The protest will be organised at the branch levels of the union across public university campuses nationwide …

Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammadu Badaru has given assurance that the issues relating to the half salary payment to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), would be legally addressed by all the state governors. He gave the indication yesterday, during the official inauguration of the leadership of the National …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the deductions from the October salaries of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members. The body urged PresidentASUU Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General, Sylva Okolieaboh to reverse the deductions. SERAP also …