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The National Association of Nigerian Students is set to engage the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over alleged reports that the Federal Government has no money to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities. The student body has, however, dissociated itself ... Read more

THE Federal Government has said it would no longer succumb to any form of blackmail and intimidation that will make it enter into agreement with unions that will be difficult to implement. The government’s position is coming on the heels of the face-off between it and the four university based unions that culminated in a strike which has lingered for about six months. Recall that the ... Read more

The National Association of Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria has advised the Federal Government to convey a tripartite meeting of parents, Academic Staff Union of Universities, and government so as to resolve the ongoing strike by the university teachers. This was against the backdrop of the request from the Federal Government that ... Read more

Parents, on the platform of National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have said they can only beg members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off their strike if government considers the reports of the various committees set up to look into the matter and come out with its decisions. The body stated that it expects the Federal Government to come out ... Read more

This is to notify the general public that the Al-Hikmah University Post-UTME/admission screening for admission into the University Degree Programmes for the 2022/2023 Academic Session is out on sale. Applicants must possess a minimum of five (5) credits in WASSCE/NECO/GCE/NABTEB/SISC Examinations or their equivalent at not more than two (2) sittings in the subjects relevant to their proposed ... Read more

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Should we go and borrow to pay N1.2 trillion yearly? “You cannot allow one ... Read more

The management of Ekiti State Government-owned Bamidele Olumilua University of Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti has proscribed all the staff unions in the institution. The acting Registrar, B.S. Momoh, said the step was necessary as the unions, through their actions, were distracting the university from its development vision and ... Read more

STUDENTS Union Government,SUG presidents in all public universities in the country have demanded immediate sack of ministers of labour and employment,Chris Ngige and education,Malam Adamu Adamu. The varsity SUG presidents operating under the aegis of Council of Students Union Presidents,CSUP,said their demands followed the inability of the minister to resolve the differences between Academic ... Read more

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Calabar zone, has said Nigerians blaming the union for the prolonged industrial action lacked knowledge about their real demands. The zonal coordinator and senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Dr. Aniekan Brown, spoke during an interview in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Brown said: “Essentially, ... Read more

The industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may worsen following the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Education that its proposed agreement with the union will not be binding on state universities. The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong , in an interview with ... Read more