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NANS, headbutt ASUU over Osodeke’s ‘quack universities’ comment

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Jide Ige

Sunday Ashefon, the National President of the National Association of Nigeria Students has advised the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, to apologise for calling state universities quacks. Osodeke had come under fire after an interview on Arise TV on Thursday where he addressed some issues regarding the ongoing industrial action by the union. Speaking on why some state universities pulled out of the strike, Osodeke said, “Talk about important universities, not those quacks. They’re not part of our strike.” Although he debunked the claim,…

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

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 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…