ASUU LAUTECH Demands Extension of Academic Calendar as Examination Set to Begin Tomorrow

ASUU LAUTECH Demands Extension of Academic Calendar as Examination Set to Begin Tomorrow

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) LAUTECH branch has demanded a further extension of the academic calendar, causing uncertainty for students ahead of their scheduled examinations on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The union is requesting additional time to cover the syllabus, which was disrupted by the three-week general election holiday mandated by the Ministry of Education. In response to rumors of a possible postponement of the exams, the ASUU LAUTECH Chairman, Professor Lawal, declined…

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Strike: FG Yet To Meet Most Of Our Demands – ASUU

Strike: FG Yet To Meet Most Of Our Demands – ASUU

Strike: FG Yet To Meet Most Of Our Demands – ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that the Federal Government has no regard for education as it is still yet to address most of the demands it made during the strike it embarked upon in 2022. ASUU had in October 2022, called off an eight-month strike after a series of negotiations with the Federal Government. Part of the lecturers’ demands is…

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JUST-IN: ASUU Declares Total, Indefinite Strike

JUST-IN: ASUU Declares Total, Indefinite Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. This follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing workers salaries. Arising from a congress meeting, the union insists that the rationale behind their action is hinged on government’s…

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BREAKING: ASUU To Commences Nationwide Strike From Wednesday Next Week

BREAKING: ASUU To Commences Nationwide Strike From Wednesday Next Week

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next week. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the Nigeria Labour Congress should also be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, nationwide. The directive followed an earlier ultimatum issued by the Central Working Committee members of the NLC last week criticising the…

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“ASUU Strike Made Me Abandon My UNILAG Admission” – Rema

“ASUU Strike Made Me Abandon My UNILAG Admission” – Rema

Popular Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor better known as Rema has revealed that he abandoned his admission into the University of Lagos last year due to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Recall that Rema announced in January 2022 that he gained admission to fulfill his mum’s desire for him to complete his education. However, a month into his admission, ASUU went on an eight-month long strike that brought academic activities to a halt….

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JUST-IN: ASUU Kicked Against Closure Of Universities, Gives Reason

JUST-IN: ASUU Kicked Against Closure Of Universities, Gives Reason

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) kicked against the directive of the National Universities Commission (NUC) that universities in the country be closed for three weeks because of the 2023 general elections. NAIJATRENDS MEDIA INC had reported that the NUC, in a letter to vice chancellors on Thursday, directed that the institutions be shut down between February 22 and March 14, 2023 to allow students participate in the February 25 and March 11, 2023…

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2023 Elections: VCs, ASUU Disagree As FG Shuts Universities

2023 Elections: VCs, ASUU Disagree As FG Shuts Universities

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the directive of the National Universities Commissions to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities should be shut to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The NUC gave the directive in a letter on Tuesday addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and Directors of Inter-university Centres. He said, “It is nothing new, most public universities get closed during elections because many of…

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STRIKE: Nigerian University Lecturers, ASUU To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Withheld Salaries By Buhari Government

STRIKE: Nigerian University Lecturers, ASUU To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Withheld Salaries By Buhari Government

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who confirmed the planned meeting, said that the date for the meeting had yet to be decided by the National Executive Council of the union. The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is reportedly planning for an emergency meeting to discuss the withheld eight-month salary arrears of their members by the federal government. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who confirmed the planned meeting, said that the…

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Strike: We Are Engaging Management On Welfare – LAUTECH ASUU Debunks Report

Strike: We Are Engaging Management On Welfare – LAUTECH ASUU Debunks Report

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Chapter on Monday says lecturers in the University are not on strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Chapter on Monday says lecturers in the University are not on strike. According to the duo, members of the Union are carrying out teaching, research and community service as expected of them. The ASUU leaders stated that although there are issues…

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ASUU Warns Nigerian Students Against Indecent Dressing (See Details)

ASUU Warns Nigerian Students Against Indecent Dressing (See Details)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has cautioned students against indecent dressing. Dr Happiness Uduk, chairman of ASUU at the University of Uyo, made the caution when a delegation of the Association of Brotherhood Academic Scholars, ABAS, called on her office to brief her about their 19th convocation ceremony and public symposium on peace. Uduk, who frowned at the poor dressing habits now prevalent on campuses of many higher institutions, commended the ABAS members…

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ASUU Protests As FG Pays ‘Incomplete’ Check-off Dues

ASUU Protests As FG Pays ‘Incomplete’ Check-off Dues

ASUU Protests As FG Pays ‘Incomplete’ Check-off Dues The Federal Government has paid half of November 2022 check-off dues to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, according to a report by Punch. The decision has forced ASUU to protest. It was gathered that FG paid half and deducted half of November 2023 check-off dues from the salaries of all lecturers of federal universities in the country to the Academic Staff Union of Universities….

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ASUU To Hold Congress To Discuss FG’s Plan To Pay CONUA Withheld Salaries

ASUU To Hold Congress To Discuss FG’s Plan To Pay CONUA Withheld Salaries

ASUU To Hold Congress To Discuss FG’s Plan To Pay CONUA Withheld Salaries The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to hold congresses to discuss the federal government’s plan to pay rival union, the Congress of University Academics. This is as the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, said lack of transparency on the part of the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities made the Federal Government…

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ASUU Reveals What It Will Do If FG Goes Ahead To Pay Withheld Salaries To CONUA

ASUU Reveals What It Will Do If FG Goes Ahead To Pay Withheld Salaries To CONUA

ASUU will go to court once the government goes ahead to pay members of the parallel union, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has revealed the next step it will take if the federal government goes ahead to pay eight months’ withheld salaries to members of the parallel union, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. ASUU said it will go to court. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana, disclosed this…

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ASUU Protests As FG Withholds Union Dues

ASUU Protests As FG Withholds Union Dues

The check-off dues deducted by the Federal Government from the November 2022 salaries of university lecturers were not remitted into the account of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH has learnt. Check-off due is the money deducted from an employee’s pay for membership in a union or an organisation that represents workers in a particular industry. Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, the chairman of the Federal University of Technology, Minna chapter of…

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“Gbajabiamila Deceived Us To Call Off Strike”, ASUU President Blows Hot, Drops Shocking Details

“Gbajabiamila Deceived Us To Call Off Strike”, ASUU President Blows Hot, Drops Shocking Details

He said ASUU had a soft spot for the speaker and that was why the union engaged him in a discussion as a welcome intervention to resolve the stalemate between it and the Federal Government. He said Gbajabiamila even presented a paper signed by him to ASUU leadership indicating the seriousness of the government to pay in full the eight-month salaries its members were owed and also urgently attend to some other matters and specified…

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Bayelsa ASUU Members Protest Half-Pay, Demand Sack Of Buhari’s Ministers

Bayelsa ASUU Members Protest Half-Pay, Demand Sack Of Buhari’s Ministers

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Niger Delta University chapter has called for the sack of the ministers of Education; Labour & Employment, and Finance, Budget and National Planning; Adamu Adamu, Chris Ngige and Zainab Ahmed. The union made the call on Monday after staging a peaceful solidarity protest in Yenagoa against the “casualisation of university lecturers and bastardisation of tertiary education in Nigeria” by the government. The lecturers called on the President Muhammadu Buhari…

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Half-pay: ASUU says lecturers intellectuals not casual workers

Half-pay: ASUU says lecturers intellectuals not casual workers

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities, University of Lagos Branch, has said it is set to draw the attention of Nigerians to the Federal Government’s attempt to casualise the academia. As such, Chairman, ASUU UNILAG, Dr Dele Ashiru, said a protest rally, titled, ‘The casualisation of intellectualism in Nigeria,’ would hold today, on UNILAG campus to inform Nigerians about the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige’s position on the crisis. The PUNCH also…

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Half Salaries: Stop Provoking ASUU Members – Falana Tells FG

Half Salaries: Stop Provoking ASUU Members – Falana Tells FG

Popular Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Federal Government to stop provoking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a dispute over wages. Falana stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Tuesday. He urged that the lecturers should be paid their full salaries for the months they were on strike. Recall that ASUU members were on strike between February and October this year, crippling academic activities…

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Half salaries: FG acted on law, says Gbajabiamila

Half salaries: FG acted on law, says Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has appealed for calm over the issues between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government. This is following the half salaries reportedly paid to lecturers by the FG. Gbajabiamila, in a statement on Monday, said the FG acted in the interest of the law adding that it was the government’s legitimate interest in preventing moral hazard and discouraging disruptive industrial actions. The Speaker…

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SALARIES: ASUU Chapter Issues Stay-At-Home Order To Members

SALARIES: ASUU Chapter Issues Stay-At-Home Order To Members

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter on Friday ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government, Naijatrends Media reports. The ASUU branch made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent and signed by the branch chairperson, Professor Lazarus Maigoro. Recall that Naijatrends Media had on Thursday reported how the government had paid half salaries to the striking university…

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ASUU files another appeal against court ruling ordering lecturers to suspend strike

ASUU files another appeal against court ruling ordering lecturers to suspend strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has again filed an appeal against the judgment of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which ordered the striking lecturers to return back to work, The Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana, SAN made this known while speaking with some reporters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Recall that on Friday, October 16, 2022, ASUU suspended its eight-month-old strike which had shut down public universities…

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ASUU hints at embarking on another strike

ASUU hints at embarking on another strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has claimed its demands have not been satisfactorily addressed, despite agreeing to call-off its eight-month strike. ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC) took the decision to suspend the industrial action during its overnight meeting that was rounded up in the early hours of Friday. In a memo signed by the union’s president, Emmanuel Osodeke, they made it clear that some of its issues remain unresolved. Osodeke also listed some…

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ASUU STRIKE! What Is Wrong With This UNILAG Student’s Call Logs (See Photo)

ASUU STRIKE! What Is Wrong With This UNILAG Student’s Call Logs (See Photo)

Na wa ooo Wonders shall never end ???? ASUU finally called off the 8-month old strike and a student posted a screenshot of his call log that has got everyone talking. Landlord is calling. Caretaker is calling. Even Landlord wife ❤️ is calling. Everybody is looking for money ???? But something is wrong with this photo and only smart people can tell ???????? See Photo Below:

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ASUU Suspends 8-Month-Old Strike

ASUU Suspends 8-Month-Old Strike

TheAcademic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action according to a member of the union’s National Executive Committee . The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last…

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ASUU Yet To Suspend Strike – Osodeke Reacts To Trending Report

ASUU Yet To Suspend Strike – Osodeke Reacts To Trending Report

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has not, as of 12:30 p.m., suspended its ongoing industrial action, the union has said. Stories and social media posts Tuesday morning suggested that the union has suspended the strike following a meeting with members of the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday. For the first time since 14th February when ASUU embarked on strike, it said on Monday that it saw “light at the end…

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We will sign deal in couple of days – ASUU

We will sign deal in couple of days – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the House of Representatives, on Monday, met on the lingering industrial action by the lecturers. The lecturers led by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke and the leadership of the House, led by Femi Gbajabiamila, met behind a closed-door for about 30 minutes before having another one in front of the camera. It would be recalled that the House has been hosting meetings between the government and the strike…

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FG Registers Two New Academic Unions To Clip ASUU’s Wings

FG Registers Two New Academic Unions To Clip ASUU’s Wings

The Federal government has presented certificates of registration to two more academic unions of universities. The unions are Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, presented both unions with certificates of registration at the ministry on Tuesday. The move is the latest ploy by the government to bring the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to its…

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ASUU Strike: Why FG Reversed Decision To Reopen Universities

ASUU Strike: Why FG Reversed Decision To Reopen Universities

ASUU members are currently on strike, so new information has come to light regarding why the Federal Government quickly reversed its directive to the various university administrations to reopen public universities. Remember that the Federal Government previously gave vice chancellors the order to reopen schools. It had asked the Vice-Chancellors of universities:- “to ensure that the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resume and commence lectures immediately.” However, it later issued…

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ASUU Strike, Deaths: UNICAL Loses Over 21 Lecturers

ASUU Strike, Deaths: UNICAL Loses Over 21 Lecturers

Sources have it that over 21 Professors and senior lecturers have lost their lives at the University of Calabar as a result of the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This is as the death toll increases on daily basis in different universities in the country. Recall that ASUU declared a one-month warning strike on February 14 this year over the inability of the Federal Government to address their…

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ASUU Appeals Ruling, Says FG Has Declared War

ASUU Appeals Ruling, Says FG Has Declared War

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work, The PUNCH has learnt. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home its demands for improved funding for universities and a review of salaries for…

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