Tag: Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action until the Federal Government addresses all its demands. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the President, ASUU, stated this at the University of Port Harcourt on Saturday during an interactive session with critical stakeholders to explain the struggles of the union. Ogunyemi said ASUU…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on well-meaning Nigerians to caution the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the union to prevent continued industrial crisis in the nation’s tertiary education sector. The union’s President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…

The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi while officially announcing the suspension of the strike ysterday, disclosed the various agreements reached with the Federal Government that led to the suspension of the over three (3) months srike action. This was contained in a Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed by ASUU and the Federal…

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities has suspended the 3 months old strike, after the meeting with the Federal Government on 7th Feb, 2019. This information was disclosed on the official twitter handle of the union. According to ASUU, academic activities will resume immediately as from tomorrow. February 8th, 2019 It was gathered that the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU are expected to once again meet with the Federal Government today towards resolving the ongoing strike action. The last emergency meeting between the two parties ended in deadlock which led to the meeting being adjourned to today. In the last meeting, FG made some new offers to the union.…

The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday directed the members of the union to conducted a referendum on the offers made by the Federal Government in order to determine if the 3 months old strike embarked upon by the union should continue or be suspended. At the end of the referendum it was…

The Emergency meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government on Friday ended in deadlock and was adjourned to February 7. The meeting which started few minutes to 12 noon and ended at 3:15 pm was held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. The national president of the union, Biodun…

The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has threatened to boycott and disrupt the 2019 general elections scheduled to hold in February if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and its Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, counterpart and the Federal Government fail to reach an agreement and call off the ongoing strike. The Zone B of the…

It has been reported that the Academic State Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday received the certificate of operation for the Nigerian University Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO) from the National Pension Commission, the regulatory agency for the country’s pension companies. This was disclosed by the President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, in a short message sent across to…

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has disclosed that the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU may end this week. The Minister disclosed this during a briefing with newsmen on the proliferation of illegal institutions in the country, over the weekend in Abuja. Malam Adamu said: “Perhaps by next week I hope the ASUU…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU last Thursday said the Federal Government had failed to make fresh offer on funding for the revitalisation of the nation’s public universities. The union also stated that the Federal Government is yet to address the issue of renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement in its new offer made…

The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government is currently going on at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the aim of the meeting is to ensure the lecturers get back to work. It was gathered that the National President of…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Federal Government to show commitment towards fulfilling the agreement it had with the union by releasing 50 Billion Naira to the union. This the union said is a condition for calling off the ongoing strike that commenced November last year. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened that it will boycott the 2019 general elections if the Federal Government fails to meet the demands of Aacademic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ensure the resumption of Academic Activities. The NANS chairman, Abuja Chapter, Mojeed Omolaja, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day conference organised by…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put down conditions that the Federal Government has to meet before the ongoing strike by the union will be called off. According to the union, the ongoing strike action will likely continue except the Federal Government is able to meet these conditions. The union said to end the strike,…

The Academic staff Union of Universities, ASUU has vowed to continue the over two months strike action. Recall that ASUU in an earlier publication rejected the offer made by the Federal Government after consultations with its members. According to ASUU, the offer from the Federal Government is far from expectation. Speaking during a telephone interview…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called on the Federal Government to fulfill agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to ensure resumption of academic activities in public universities. The NANS National Public Relations Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, made theisappeal in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu. The statement…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the offer made to it by the Federal Government earlier this week. While speaking with newsmen on Saturday morning, the President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said upon reviewing the offer made by the government, members of the union across various campuses and zones rejected it. This implies that the…

We are currently monitoring the outcome of the 7th January meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU. Here are the current updates from the venue of the meeting. The meeting began at about 4:30pm, when ASUU delegation arrived at the Labour Ministry When the FG delegation arrived, they were led by Minister of Labour and…

The Federal Government will today Monday, January 7th, 2019 meet again with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) towards finding a way to resolve the ongoing strike. We have gathered that the meeting has been scheduled to commence by 30:30 pm prompt at the Conference Room of the Minister of Labour and Productivity. The Minister…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Labour Unions to allow his administration concentrate on fixing infrastructure in the country rather than distracting it.. He aid this during a meeting with the executive committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students at the State House,  Abuja on Thursday. He specifically called on the Academic Staff Union of…

The Academic Staff Union of Universoties ASUU has hinted that it will continue talks with the Feeral Govcernment Next week Monday (January 7th, 2019) over the lingering strike embarked upon by the Lecturers. This was discloised by the National President of the Union Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi yesterday. He, however, said that the union has not…

ASUU Strike Update: NANS Begins Mobilization For Mass Action Against FG, ASUU and ASUP The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has issued a notice to all its structures and organs to commence mobilisation for mass protest against the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Monday…

There are strong indications that the Acadrmic Staff Union Univesities (ASUU) may call off the ongoing strike action soon following the release of N15.89billion to universities on New Year’s Eve (Monday) for the payment of shortfall in salaries of universities. According to the anonymous source that disclosed this information, the cash is expected to hit…

ASUU Strike Update: NANS Issues 2 Weeks Ultimatum To FG and ASUU, 30th December, 2018 The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a two weeks ultimatum to the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the ongoing strike action or face the full wrath of Nigerian students. This was…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, has disclosed that progress was being recorded in the negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, adding that the meeting which was held on Monday was not deadlocked and ASUU did not walk put of the meeting as reported by…

The meeting between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) last Monday ended in deadlock again. It was gathered that the ASUU delegates stormed out of the meeting. With this development, the ongoing strike may not end any time soon as announced earlier by the Minister of Labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige.…

ASUU Strike Update: Strike Will Be Called Off Soon – Federal Government, 17th December, 2018 The federal government has stated that going by the discussion and meetings had with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the past few weeks, the ongoing strike action by the union which has paralysed academic activities in the…

The federal government will again meet with the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) on Monday December 10 by 4pm, over the ongoing nationwide strike. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Samuel Olowookere, in Abuja. The minister…

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi has called on the striking lecturers to prepare for a long strike. This was contained in a Bulletin number 5 sent to all members of the union. According to him, the Government is not ready to resolve any of the demands of ASUU.…

The meeting held on Tuesday Night between ASUU and FG, to end the on-going strike has ended unresolved. This practically means the ASUU strike will continue until further notice. The President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, had briefed Journalists after the meeting, that both FG and ASUU had failed to reach any decision to end the…

The Federal Government has implemented “No work, no Pay” rule against the Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who are currently on strike. The FG sent a memo through the National Universties Commission to all Vice Chancellors of the universities across the country directing them to stop the payment of Lecturers. The memo instructed that any attempt to pay the workers’…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that the ongoing strike by its members may last for a prolong time as no concrete resolution has been reached in the negotiation with the Federal Government. The president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi called on parents and students to show understanding and solidarity with the union as…

The Meeting by the Federal Government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities yesterday Monday 26th, 2018 also ended in deadlock just as the first meeting. Botht parties were unable to reach a middle ground. This implies that the strike by the lecturers continues as the meeting could not conclude on whether ASUU should return…

The Federal Government is currently in a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) towards finding a way to end the ongoing ASUU strike. The plan to hold the meeting was earlier confirmed by the President of  ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, in an interview with newsmen. The meeting began 5:00 pm Monday evening. Recall that…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, vowed to continue the ongoing strike until the Federal Government meets or agree to meet all its demands. Reacting to a comment by the Minister of Labour and productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, that the strike action by the union is political, the Chairman, of ASUU University of Ibadan, Chapter Dr…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to jeopardise the chances of  Muhammadu Buhari winning  the 2019 presidential election if the President refuses to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU). This was disclosed by the NANS’ National Public Relations Officer,  Azeez Adeyemi, on Monday after a peaceful…

The five- hour meeting held Thursday between Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government with a view to ending the 12-day old strike embarked upon by public university lecturers ended in deadlock. Indications show that the ASUU strike action embarked upon by the Aacademic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will still…

Report has it that the Nigerian Sentae is currently making efforts to ensure the ASUU strike is called off for the overall interest of the nation’s education sector and the Nigerian students. The Senate had on Tusday manadated the Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Jibrin Barau, APC, Kano North, to immediately…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced a nationwide industrial action following the inability of the Federal Government to respond to its demands. According to the union, the government has refused to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with it. The union declared that the strike would be total as all federal and state…