ASUU
27 Feb
Failed agreements, claims and counter-claims by university teachers and the Federal Government, incessant strikes, and lately, threats of industrial action, form the odious sequence that has characterised the nation’s public university system for several years.
24 Feb
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, on Thursday, urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to work harder and provide effective measures that would cushion the effect of its anti-poor policies that has pushed Nigerians and the Nigerian academics down the intolerable abyss of abject poverty and hardship.
22 Feb
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has blamed the Nigerian government, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the severe economic hardship in Nigeria.
20 Feb
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has demanded the full payment of all entitlements of its members, while reminding the Federal Government that its ‘no work, no pay’ policy remains a breach of international labour laws.
19 Feb
The Federal Government has begun paying the withheld salaries of academics under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
15 Feb
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has again, urged the Federal Government to yield to the last agreement reached with university teachers to avert another round of industrial crisis in tertiary institutions.
15 Feb
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has renewed its call for the reconstitution of the long dissolved governing councils of universities ahead of the expiration of their statutory tenure.
12 Feb
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he expects scholars in the universities to advise the government on how best the students’ loan scheme could be managed in their respective institutions rather than casting aspersions on the motive.
22 Jan
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed worry over the proliferation of tertiary institutions across the country amid meagre funding of existing ones.
15 Jan
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has claimed that the National Assembly is under pressure to amend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act to accommodate private universities.
10 Jan
In unison, stakeholders in the tertiary education sub-sector have rejected the planned financial autonomy for universities, insisting that the Federal Government cannot shirk the responsibility of funding education.
4 Jan
Listening to local radio conversations and comments arouses the impression of despondency as Nigerians face existential challenges – rising cost of living, insecurity of lives and property, unabashed profligacy and licentious display of questionable wealth by some members of the political class
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