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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the proposed payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent to assist the Federal Government in making more funds available for universities. The PUNCH had on Wednesday reported that the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria and sought an audience with the government over the ... Read more

Some branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in state-owned universities have vowed to remain on strike following the failure of the Federal Government to successfully negotiate with the national body of the union. Chairpersons of ASUU in the affected state universities, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, ... Read more

The chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities, ASUU, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Comrade Christian Opata, and his counterpart at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Prof. Chinedu Aguba, have insisted that the Union is not cowed by the “no work, no pay” threat by the Federal Government. The duo spoke after ASUU Congress at the ... Read more

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its three months nationwide strike. The National President of NAAT, Mr. Ibeji Nwokoma, made this known while addressing newsmen after the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the union in Abuja on Thursday. Nwokoma said NAAT had embarked on the strike on March 21, 2022 to press home its demands which included ... Read more

The National Association of Academic Technologists on Thursday said it suspended its 158-day-old strike for three months “to allow the government time to conclude negotiations and implementation of NAAT’s demands”. The PUNCH reports that like other tertiary institution-based unions, NAAT had embarked on strike to push home its ... Read more

Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos branch are currently protesting against the sudden suspension of its strike by their executives. The PUNCH had reported that the aggrieved members said they were not duly carried along by their leaders ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Abuja branch, has challenged the Federal Government to mention any of the things done to bring to an end the ongoing strike embarked upon by the union, declaring that the strike will be sustained. The Union’s branch chairman, Dr Kassim Umaru, stated this in an interview with ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University branch, has encouraged the National Executive Council of the union to declare an indefinite strike, The PUNCH reports. This was disclosed in a statement made available to our correspondent. The statement, which was signed by the chairman of the branch, Adeola Egbedokun, knocked ... Read more

The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has sought audience with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public ... Read more

The Socialist Workers Youth League has knocked the Federal Government over what it described as the failure of the government to prioritise the funding of education and causing the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to linger on. The PUNCH reports that ASUU embarked on its nationwide strike action since February 14, ... Read more