EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged the Federal Government to release the salaries of lecturers withheld for embarking on a strike in 2022. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, told the Punch that the union expected the government to pay the withheld salaries but that there … Read more
Lecturers have resumed and are awaiting President Buhari on withheld salary. EKO HOT BLOG reports that university lecturers on Friday returned to work after the Academic Staff Union of Universities suspended its eight-month strike. However, it was revealed that the academics are yet to get the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari regarding the plan for … Read more
Vice chancellors have been instructed by the Federal Government to reopen institutions and for students to continue lectures through the National Universities Commission. Eko Hot Blog reports that this was stated in a letter written by Professor Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s executive secretary, and signed by Sam Onazi, the NUC’s director of finance and … Read more
FG Prepared To Negotiate With ASUU In Spite Of Court Victory –Minister EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government says it will continue to negotiate with ASUU in spite of Wednesday’s court ruling restraining the union from continuing with its seventh-month strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja ordered … Read more