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The Federal Government and the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council on Thursday failed to convince the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off their industrial action during a meeting called by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Agboola Gambari, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The meeting which was ... Read more

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. The President also urged students in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions to exercise patience as the government strives to address the nagging issues ... Read more

The Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, has said the 2022 admission processes for universities may be delayed due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Ochefu stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. According to the scribe, the committee is also ... Read more

After the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) kicked over his failure to convene a meeting three months after President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directive, the chief of staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, will on Thursday chair a tripartite meeting to address the lingering labour crisis in the Nigerian university system. Mr Buhari had on February 1 directed Mr Gambari and the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has said it will commence a two-week strike from May 16, 2022. ASUP, in a statement released on Wednesday, said it took the decision after an emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday. The statement, signed by its national president, Anderson Ezeibe, and titled, ‘Status Update ... Read more

The Joint Action Committee of the Non Academic Staff Union of educational and associated institutions and the senior staff of Nigerian universities will today meet with the the Federal Ministry of Education “to present the payment platform on which they want to be paid to Education Minister,Adamu Adamu”. This was contained in a ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. It also stated that the roll-over strike was effective from 12.01 am, May 8, ... Read more

As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. It was gathered that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the union ... Read more

The Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities would resume talks next week with a view to ending the prolonged closure of public universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige said this at a meeting between the government side and the striking National Association of Academic ... Read more

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said it doesn’t make sense for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to continue to earn salaries while on strike. The PUNCH reports that ASUU began one month warning strike on February 14, 2022 and since then has not suspended its industrial action. Speaking to ... Read more