By Inusa Ndahi, Damaturu THE Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yobe State University (YSU) branch, Comrade Ahmed Ibrahim, has alleged that the inability of vested interests of few individuals in positions of authority to settle allowances of staff and maladministration have created tension within the University …
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ASUU Threatens To Embark On Strike, Ask FG To Meet Demands
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has made a strong appeal to the Federal Government, urging immediate action to honor and implement the agreements previously reached between both parties, in a bid to avoid potential industrial action. This call was made by the ASUU Coordinator for the Kano Zone, …
Read More »FG Begins Payment Of ASUU’s Withheld Salaries
THE Federal Government has commenced payment of the seized salaries of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Comrade Nobert Oyibo Eze, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka branch Chairman of ASUU confirmed the development to DAILY POST. “Yes, they have started paying. Even though …
Read More »FG Begins Payment Of ASUU’s Withheld Salaries
THE Federal Government has commenced payment of the seized salaries of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Comrade Nobert Oyibo Eze, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka branch Chairman of ASUU confirmed the development to DAILY POST. “Yes, they have started paying. Even though …
Read More »ASUU Reveals How FG Pays Lecturers, May Embark On Strike
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government’s persistence in using the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) for disbursing lecturers’ salaries, despite earlier promises to exempt tertiary institutions from the platform. ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, highlighted this grievance in a recent …
Read More »ASUU Suspends Planned Strike In Akwa Ibom
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its planned industrial action in Akwa Ibom State. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Umo Eno, Mr Ekerete Udoh on Wednesday, the union took the resolution following the intervention of Eno to address some of their challenges. …
Read More »ASUU Urges Adequate Funding Of Public Universities, Deplores Obaseki’s Abandonment Of Funding And Self-Sustainance Policy In AAU, Ekpoma
THE Benin Zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has implored the Federal and State Governments in the country to redouble effort towards adequate funding of public universities in the country to stem the “JAPA” syndrome and the deepening brain drain in the universities. In a press statement issued …
Read More »ASUU Berates Edo Government For Not Constituting A Governing Council For AAU, Ekpoma In Three Years
THE Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has berated the Edo State Government for running the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma without a Governing Council in almost three years. The Union insisted that “it is not how to run and manage a University anywhere in …
Read More »Raise Education Budget Or We Embark On Strike – ASUU Tells FG
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has signalled that in the coming year, universities across the nation might confront the risk of strikes owing to the insufficient budget assigned to the education sector and the lack of adequate compensation. Professor Emmanuel Oshodeke, in an interview with The PUNCH on …
Read More »Students Should Be Given Grants, Not Loans – ASUU
The Bauchi zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has reiterated its desire to reject students’ loans. It opted for grants to enable students fund their education. This was disclosed on Saturday by Associate Professor Lazarus Maigoro, the Bauchi zonal coordinator of ASUU. Maigoro stated that the Bauchi …
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