NASU Threatens To Embark On Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid salaries. Despite President Tinubu’s order to pay four months’ salaries, only teaching staff received compensation, leading to mounting grievances among non-teaching staff. The House of Representatives has intervened, but the issue remains unresolved, raising concerns about the impact on tertiary education in Nigeria. EKO HOT BLOG reports … Read more
SSANU, NASU, and NAAT to end strike; demands include withheld salaries and renegotiation of agreements Strikes prompted by withheld salaries from 2022; ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy enforced by former President Buhari Unions seek payment of withheld salaries and agreement renegotiation; meeting with Federal Government ends inconclusively EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Staff Association … Read more
Federal Government meeting with university staff unions ends in deadlock. Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) vow to continue strike. Strike initiated over withheld salaries, despite government release for other university staff. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Senior Staff … Read more
Peaceful protest by University staff unions disrupts traffic at University of Lagos gate. Grievances aired over unpaid salaries; demonstrators target Federal Government. SSANU, NASU’s JAC initiates three-day warning strike alongside NAATS. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the University of Lagos witnessed a peaceful protest at its gate on Wednesday, organized by the Senior Staff Association of … Read more
Federal Government to meet with SSANU and NASU leadership to discuss ongoing nationwide strike. SSANU and NASU commenced strike to protest withheld salaries from 2021. Previous administration withheld salaries citing ‘No work; no pay’ principle, SSANU and NASU demand equal treatment to ASUU. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government will today (Wednesday) meet with … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have begun a nationwide strike today (Monday) over all unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of salaries by the Federal Government. Last Monday, the unions threatened to shut down hostels and power supply in universities across … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) are set to begin a nationwide strike today (Monday) to protest the withholding of their four months’ salary. Muhammed Ibrahim, the National President of SSANU, confirmed on Sunday that both unions … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a seven-day warning strike to protest the withholding of their four-month salaries. This action follows a meeting of their joint action committee held in Akure, Ondo State, last Thursday and Friday. Editor’s Pick: FG … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike. The strike was declared to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. Editor’s Picks BREAKING: Gas Explosion Rocks Ogun Steel … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities if the government fails to release the withheld salaries of its members. These salaries were seized during their strike in 2022 … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have warned of potential disruptions to industrial peace in Nigerian universities. This comes in response to the government’s failure to release the withheld salaries of their members, a situation stemming from a … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in the midst of escalating economic challenges, a groundswell of dissent has swept across the nation, uniting parents, lecturers, and students in protest against the soaring tuition fees adopted by a majority of universities in the country. This unsettling development has raised concerns about a potential wave of student dropouts … Read more
The NEC meeting could be make or mar for union EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will hold next Monday to decide on the offers by the Federal Government for it to end its ongoing strike. EDITOR’S PICK Tinubu … Read more
NASU and SSANU have finally suspended their indefinite strike action. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The … Read more
The protest began at about 8:30am after members of the NLC leadership and leaders of various affiliated unions converged on the Unity Fountain in the nation’s capital The protesters planned to march to the National Assembly where the NLC president would deliver a message from the labour unions to the lawmakers EDITOR’S PICK Ortom Urges … Read more
Members of the NLC across the country trooped to the major streets of the state capital of their respective branches in protest against the prolonged strike by university workers The national leadership of the union is expected to join the demonstration in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday EDITOR’S PICK NLC Issues Fresh Ultimatum … Read more
Both unions insisted that they would not be bound by the recommendations of the committee which was set up by the Federal Government to end all strikes across the nation’s universities They said they never concluded negotiations with the committee before it submitted its recommendations to the government for implementation, stressing that such an action … Read more
National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke said the negotiation committee told the union they were waiting for the Federal Government to respond to the reports of the meeting Osodeke said they had not gotten invitation for another meeting. But lamented that this was the situation since May 2021 EDITOR’S PICK: 2023: Things To Know … Read more
The state government had, as a result of the lingering nationwide strike by ASUU, suspended all union activities across all state-owned tertiary institutions It said the affected unions include ASUU, NASU, SSANU and ASUP EDITOR’S PICK Lagos TESCOM Set To Conduct Promotion Exercise For Education Officers Nationwide Blackout As National Grid Collapses Burna Boy: IGP … Read more
According to reports, the committee would meet Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday “Since the strike is still on, the meeting cannot end. We do not have any problem with the committee…” EDITOR’S PICK Roots TV Founder, Kachikwu, Ends Moghalu’s Presidential Dream, Emerges ADC 2023 Flagbearer Tinubu Defeats Osinbajo, Amaechi, Others, Clinches APC … Read more