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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FG Yet To Release Withheld Salaries To ASUU, Others
THE Federal Government has yet to release the withheld salaries of university lecturers, workers, and other employees of federal polytechnics and colleges of education despite the waiver granted by the President, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu in October approved a partial waiver of the no-work-no-pay order on striking members of the Academic …
Read More »ASUU Urges Government To Remove 40% IGR Deduction For Universities
IN a statement signed by Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, its National President, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has demanded the exclusion of universities from the list of agencies required to remit 40 percent of their Internally Generated Revenue to the government. During its National Executive Council meeting at the Kaduna …
Read More »ASUU, VCs Oppose FG’s 40% IGR Deduction Plan For Universities
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have strongly criticised the FG’s 40% IGR deduction plan, labelling it detrimental to the university system. In a letter dated October 17, 2023, titled ‘Implementation of 40% automatic deduction from internally generated revenue of …
Read More »ASUU Has Become Known For Strikes – Former Education Minister
Says strikes responsible for fallen standard, delivery of quality education A former Minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, has attributed the fallen standard and delivery of quality education in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria to the incessant strikes by lecturers, While faulting the Academic Staff Union of Universities for frequently …
Read More »Fee Hike: How 50% Of Undergraduates Abandon Their Education
THE President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, is not one given to garrulity, neither is he the type that will make some outlandish claims just to hug the limelight. It is on this score that Nigeria must accord due attention to his recent warning …
Read More »BREAKING: ASUU Sacks FUTO Chapter Chairman
The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) chapter chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Comrade Chinedu Ihejirika, has been sacked. It was gathered that Ihejirika and members of his cabinet were dismissed over failure to present the congress with financial reports for about two years. Speaking …
Read More »Court Dismisses ASUU’s Suit, Validates CONUA, NAMDA As Trade Unions
The President of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, Justice Benedict Kanyip, has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against the registration of the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions by the Federal …
Read More »ASUU, Students Protest As UNILAG Increases Fees By 400%
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) branch, Akoka, and the students of the university, have kicked against increment in school fees now being charged by the institution. The management of the school has announced the fees increment for all categories of students at a meeting …
Read More »Missing Ex-ASUU President Found In Turkey
Ex-President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dipo Fasina, otherwise known as Jingo, has been found in Turkey after being reported missing at the airport according to reports. Fasina was declared missing on Saturday, July 1. This incident was confirmed by the current President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel …
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