Tag: Academic Staff Union of Universities

All eyes on ASUU’s August 1 NEC as Buhari gives marching order to Education Minister

Jide Ige

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is to hold its National Executive Council meeting in the first week of August 2022 and top on the table will be a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the nationwide strike which enters its 155th day today. The chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna chapter, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed the planned meeting to our correspondent of The PUNCH on Monday. This is coming on the heels of a two weeks ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu by…

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ASUU deny FG’s N1.2tr demand

Jide Ige

Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands. Prof. Osodeke also accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), about the ongoing strike by the union. The Federal Government had, in a statement on Wednesday, by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, claimed that…

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‘Why we are rolling over strike for another 12 weeks’ -ASUU

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. It also stated that the roll-over strike was effective from 12.01 am, May 9, 2021. ASUU said it took this decision after its National Executive Council meeting which started on Sunday night at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja. The statement read, “After extensive deliberations, noting…

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