Many of our lecturers will leave the nation after this strike is ended. After an industrial court on September 21 ordered the striking lecturers to return to their classes, ASUU President Prof. Osodeke made the following statement. View Below: https://youtu.be/Bv9aRXMaE4E
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) seven-month strike, according to renowned attorney Chief Thompson Joseph Okpoko, SAN, is a step too far. He advised ASUU to approach them with the green leaves and engage in talks with the Federal Government. The claim was made by Chief Okpoko in a conversation with a Daily Post … Read more
The National Industrial Court’s decision mandating that academics return to work right away will be appealed, according to the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In order to file an appeal, the union said that it has started assembling its legal team under the supervision of renowned human rights attorney and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been ordered by a court to end its strike, but Chris Ngige, minister of labor and employment, has stated that this will not preclude talks with the academics about their demands. When the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics visited him in Abuja on Wednesday, the … Read more
On Wednesday, the National Association of Nigerian Students decided to put a halt to its planned statewide demonstrations. This came after the National Industrial Court of Nigeria had earlier in the day ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume academic activities. In a circular issued by its President-Elect, Usman Barambu, NANS had previously … Read more
Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have urged the federal government to pay the members’ outstanding salary for the previous seven months. ASUU urged the government to immediately cease using hunger as a weapon to force academics into submission and to pay their salaries that have been … Read more
ASUU STRIKE: PRESIDENT BUHARI MEETS PRO-CHANCELLORS OF VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND COMMITS TO MORE CONSULTATIONS President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Chairman and a few pro-chancellors of federal universities on Friday at State House in Abuja. He pledged to continue consultations with relevant parties in an effort to put an end to the long-running strike by … Read more
Over the weekend, the national body of NANS convened in Akure, the seat of Ondo State, and denounced the manner the federal government was treating the lecturers who were on strike as well as education in general. Following a seven-month deadlock between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the National … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, which is currently on strike, will appeal the National Industrial Court’s decision ordering its members to return to work on Friday (today), The GOSPEL CABLE has learned. This information was provided in a chat with our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday by the attorney for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN). … Read more