The National Industrial Court has ruled against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the no work, no pay suit by the Federal Government. In its ruling, the court declared that the no work no pay policy enforced by FG against members of ASUU who went on strike in 2022 was perfectly legal. READ […]
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has been re-elected as the national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for another two years. The union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, University of Jos, as Vice President. They were re-elected during the 22nd national delegates conference […]
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the suit, the federal government dragged ASUU before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s eight month strike. When the matter […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected the directive of the National Universities Commission, NUC, to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities over the 2023 general elections. NUC had ordered universities to shut down for students to participate in the forthcoming polls. The NUC gave the directive in a letter on Tuesday […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that shutting down tertiary institutions to avail students of the opportunity to vote during the 2023 elections is not in the purview of the National Universities Commission (NUC). A member of the National Executive Council of ASUU and chairperson of the union at the Federal University of […]
The Federal Ministry of Labour has reacted to allegations that it rejected the four-year audit report of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Speaking in an interview with Punch, Olajide Oshundun, the spokesperson for the labour ministry, stated that the the audit report was not received because ASUU failed to respond to a letter by […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has staged a peaceful protest to demand the payment of their eight months’ salary arrears from the Federal Government. The protest, which held on Wednesday was led by the UNICAL ASUU Chairman, Dr John Edor. According to Edor, members of the union were owed eight months’ salary arrears […]
Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have received full salaries for November 2022. However, it was gathered that the eight-month arrears were still withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The source said: “Some of […]
Ilorin—Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) has alerted Nigerians about a fresh crisis against the “No work No Pay” Policy by the federal government. it threatened that this one would surpass all previous ones in Nigerian universities. The chairman of ASUU, University of Ilorin branch, Prof Moyosore Ajao, raised the alarm at a special […]
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has expressed disappointment with the funds used in redesigning the new naira notes. Sowore spoke on naira redesigning and the inflation in the country in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. According to him, the funds spent on naira redesign should have been […]
The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, says some presidential candidates are msking plans to sell federal universities. Professor Osodeke stated this while Speaking at the special congress of ASUU of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, JOSTUM chapter in honour of the outgoing Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Richard […]
The Federal Government has told the Academic Staff Union of Universities it will not pay for the salaries of months the union members did not go to work. This is as the government reiterated its commitment to its ‘no work, no pay’ policy on Wednesday. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who made the clarity on […]