The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the Federal Government to honour the agreement it had with the union before the reopening of the universities would take effect. It added that it would unfold its next agenda if the Federal Government refused to negotiate the 2009 agreement signed by both parties. Speaking at … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the plan by the Federal Government to reopen public universities in the country. Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, who made this known during a news conference on Tuesday in Jos, said that the move could be “perilous’’. Read Also: Monarch Of … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has vowed to sustain its ongoing strike action until the Federal Government addresses all its demands. The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this at the University of Port Harcourt on Saturday during its interactive session with critical stakeholders, meant to provide public enlightenment … Read more
The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says tertiary institutions in-country given updates on the reopening of tertiary iinstitutions in the country. Speaking during a programme that aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Saturday, Nwajiuba said tertiary Institutions will reopen “very soon”. He said the federal government was also working to end … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action. National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Professor Ogunyemi said the federal government has continually failed to fulfill its Memorandum … Read more
Stakeholders in the educational sector have disagreed on the need to create more educational institutions in the country and suggested that more attention should be paid on existing ones. While the National Universities Commission called for more schools to accommodate the rising number of applicants, academic workers said more attention should be paid to the … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday gave the federal government new conditions for the reopening of schools and suspension of industrial action it currently embarks on. The the National President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogun Yemi, made position of the government known while addressing newsmen at the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has admonished the federal government to shelve any open that has to do with reopening of schools this year. remain closed until 2021 to ensure adequate preparations before reopening. Schools have been closed since March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Biodun Ogunyemi, president of ASUU, told … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has said the recent Bill passed by the National Assembly on sexual harassment and rape is aimed at victimizing university lecturers. ASUU added that the bill was directly targeted at its members. Ekohotblog reported on Tuesday 7, July 2020, that a bill seeking to stop sexual abuse of female … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday stated its position on reopening of schools amid COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic. Ekohotblog reports that ASUU kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government due to the pandemic currently ravaging the country. According to Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, Federal Government needed to address … Read more
University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday says it has produced 3,000 reusable facemasks for distribution to her members to protect them from COVID-19 infection in the premier university. The union stated that it was important that her members have access to face masks that is produced following … Read more
Following unsuccessful resolutions between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The leadership of the Union on Monday announced the commencement of an indefinite strike. It was made public by ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, during a press briefing at the union’s National Secretariat in Abuja. ASUU had on Monday, March 9, … Read more
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Thursday that the federal government was implementing the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with a loan of about $140 billion dollars. National President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who discussed this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of … Read more
The ASUU-LASU Chairman, Dr Ibrahim Bakare, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that academic activities were ongoing in the university as his chapter was yet to join the two-week warning strike. NAN reports that ASUU had on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over Federal Government’s refusal to pay lecturers … Read more
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has reacted to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ngige who declared the strike as ‘illegal’ on Wednesday berated ASSU for not following laid down procedures before taking such industrial action. While addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday embarked on a two-week warning strike against non-payment of salaries of lecturers not enrolled in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. Ekohotblog reports that the National President of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the declaration after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting held … Read more
The management of Kano State University of Science and Technology, KUST, Wudil branch has settled four of the five demands of members of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, Kano branch. This was made known in a press statement, signed by Sa’idu Abdullahi Nayaya, Deputy Registrar Information and Public Relations Unit and issued to reporters … Read more
The Students under the aegis of the Students’ Union Government has invaded the secretariat of the Academic Staff Union of University(ASUU), UNIPORT Branch. The lecturers were preparing to brief journalists on the vexed issue of the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System at 10.30 am when the students invaded the auditorium of the secretariat. When … Read more
The Federal Government has informed the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU that there won’t be any pay order without the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. Meanwhile, ASUU members in federal universities across the country, in separate interviews on Wednesday, vowed to shun registration for IPPIS, which would start on Monday and end on … Read more
The leadership of The Academic Staff Union of Universities has cautioned its members participating in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa state. The gubernatorial election is slated for November 16, 2019. Read Also: SDP Chairman Resigns The union urged lecturers participating in the gubernatorial election not to engage in any act that would … Read more