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ASUU threatens to boycott UNIBEN’s resumption due to violence on campus

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 22, 2024

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) threatened to boycott the resumption of classes on April 28, 2024, due to campus violence. ASUU is calling for prompt action and the initiation of required steps to stop the institution’s errant

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ASUU seeks reconstitution of governing councils of FG’s varsities

Angel Ojonugwa April 15, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata post) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) chapter, on Friday urged the Federal Government to reconstitute the governing councils of its universities. In a statement signed by Prof. Nuruddeen Al-Mustapha and Mr Shaibu Sadiku, Chairman and Secretary, respectively, the chapter said that the step

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Salary arrears: SSANU and NASU members to receive half salary – FG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

The Federal Government has announced that members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, will receive half of their withheld salaries if President Bola Tinubu approves the payment of their salary arrears. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on

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Reps to halt planned NASU strike, summon minister

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 28, 2024

The House of Representatives is scheduled to halt the planned strike by the Non-Academic Staff of Universities in order to interfere in the disagreement between the federal government and university staff. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on University Education, made the decision during a meeting with officials from the Senior Staff […]

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SSANU, NASU end warning strike, announce resumption date

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 24, 2024

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have called off their seven-day warning strike. The two unions went on strike to press their demands for the release of their withheld four-month salaries. They said that it was not justifiable for the Federal Government to fund the Academic Staff […]

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ASUU criticises Plateau government for removing PLASU VC and dissolving the governing council

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Plateau State University Chapter has criticised the Plateau State Government for dissolving the university’s governing council and removing the vice chancellor, Professor Malau Bernard Matur, without following the university’s existing laws. The Union, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Monday Hassan

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University funding: Olu Obafemi speaks in UNIJOS, as ASUU holds Heroes’ Day

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 18, 2024

Prof. Olu Obafemi, a renowned poet, playwright, author, and Professor of English and Dramatic Literature, has been chosen as a guest speaker at the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s public lecture/heroes’ day at the University of Jos. Obafemi will speak at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2024, at Unity Hall, ASUU Secretariat in […]

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Gbajabiamila approved the payment of withheld salaries to only ASUU – SSANU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has stated that the payment of the four-month withheld salaries to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the expense of other university-based unions was due to a directive from the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. SSANU and the […]

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CONUA demands payment for withheld salaries, remuneration

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 4, 2024

The Congress of University Academics has requested that the Federal Government immediately begin payment of members’ withheld three-and-a-half-month salary, as well as member remunerations, which the union claims have remained static despite increasing inflation. In a press statement issued on Thursday, CONUA President ‘Niyi Sunmonu, while appreciating the

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ASUU calls off its intended strike in AKSU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

The scheduled industrial action in Akwa Ibom State has been suspended by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union took the resolution in response to Governor Umo Eno’s intervention to address some of their issues, according to a statement made on Wednesday by Mr. Ekerete Udoh, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Umo Eno. […]

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Tinubu to launch the student loan scheme on Feb 21

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to unveil the Student Loan Scheme at the State House in Abuja on February 21, barring any unanticipated conditions. The Nigeria Education Loan Fund’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, revealed that the official launch will take place in tandem with the nationwide opening of applications from qualified candidates. “Yes, it

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ASUU commences nationwide consultation with members

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

Since President Bola Tinubu’s administration took office in May 2023, the Federal Government, according to Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has not implemented all of the agreements it made with organised labour, particularly with ASUU. In an interactive session with reporters this past week at the

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BSU-ASUU embarks on indefinite strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2024

The branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Benue State University (BSU) has declared an indefinite strike in response to the management’s inability to uphold their end of the agreements. This is stated in a statement that the union’s secretary, Terrumun Gajir, and chairperson, Kwaghfan Tarnongo, both signed on Friday. However, the […]

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ASUU expresses worry over the proliferation of varsities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 22, 2024

Concerns about the proliferation of tertiary institutions in the nation and the inadequate support of those that already exist have been voiced by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union claimed that when they were unable to provide funding for already-existing institutions, the federal and state governments created new ones. Therefore, it suggested […]

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ASUU opposes proposal to establish new universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 10, 2024

ASUU has protested the National Assembly’s proposal to establish 47 more federal universities. This was said by UI ASUU chairman Ayo Akinwole in an interview conducted on Tuesday in Ibadan, outside of the organization’s presentation of scholarships to a few deserving students. Concerned about the government’s inability to support the current federal

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UI ASUU awards scholarship to 6 brilliant, indigent students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 10, 2024

In its 2023 Indigent Students Scholarship Award, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) chapter, yesterday granted scholarships to six brilliant, indigent university students. Following the presentation of the awards to the recipients, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, Chairman of the ASUU UI chapter, said that the recipients were divided into two

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ASUU President blames poor funding of universities for fake foreign degrees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has blamed the low funding of the federal government’s university system for Nigerian students’ desire to obtain certificates, particularly those from bordering countries like Togo and Benin Republic. The academic union also charged regulatory organisations such as the Federal Ministry of Education and the

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Education sector is at risk from insecurity, laments NAPTAN

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

In order to raise the standard of education in the country by 2024, the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria has asked for cooperation between academic unions at tertiary institutions and the Federal Government. It also mentioned one of the biggest issues facing the industry, which is the insecurity that exists in some areas of […]

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Civil servants argue that ASUU’s exemption from IPPIS is unfair

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 25, 2023

The exclusion of university instructors from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has drawn criticism from certain civil personnel. The Federal Government’s reform attempts included the creation of the IPPIS in 2006 in order to improve the preservation of personnel

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FEC Approves Removal of Public Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions from IPPIS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 13, 2023

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given its approval for every worker at public universities and other tertiary institutions to leave the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Speaking to reporters on Wednesday following President Bola Tinubu’s oversight of the FEC meeting at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Information and National