Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described as unacceptable, the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ...
Obi tweeted, “Our position is that the ASUU strike has lingered for far too long. Osodeke said the union has endured a “lot of deceit of the highest level in the last five and half years as the Federal Government of Nigeria engaged ASUU in fruitless and unending negotiation without a display of utmost fidelity”. Channels Television had reported that ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said in a statement on Monday that the National Executive Council of the union in Abuja “resolved to transmute the roll-over strike to a comprehensive, total and indefinite strike action beginning from 12.01 am on Monday, 29th August 2022.”
The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission (NUC) has invited all the federal universities' management to a meeting regarding the ...
“Consequently, I am to invite the pro-chancellors and chairmen of councils as well as vice-chancellors of federal universities to a special interactive meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education on Tuesday, September 6,2022.” The pro-chancellors, vice-chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities are expected to be at the meeting in Abuja on September 6. “It has become necessary for the governing councils and the managements of the universities to be briefed on the decisions and actions taken by the Federal Government so far to allow for a well coordinated review of the situation including building consensus around succeeding actions.
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is.
Those are the three trajectories of the functions of a lecturer. If they had come in March, they would not be at home. But if they had come in to negotiate with us in February, the students would not stay at home.
Following the declaration of an indefinite strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has invited the pro-chancellors ...
“Consequently, I am to invite the pro-chancellors and chairmen of councils as well as vice-chancellors of federal universities to a special interactive meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.” It stated, “As the pro-chancellors and chairmen of councils and the vice-chancellors are quite aware the industrial action by University-based unions has led to the closure of the institutions since February 2022. Daily Independent gathered that the meeting was convened by the National Universities Commission (NUC), which stated that participants would review the actions of the government on the strike.
The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has scheduled a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors, Pro-chancellors, and management of Federal Universities over the.
“Consequently, I am to invite the Pro-Chancellors & Chairmen of Councils as well as Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities to a special interactive meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.” “It has become necessary for the Governing Councils and the management of the universities to be briefed on the decisions and actions taken by the Federal Government so far to allow for a well-coordinated review of the situation including building consensus around succeeding actions. He said the meeting is to brief the Governing Councils and the management of the universities on decisions and actions that have been taken by the federal government as regards the strike and to review the current situation.
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lamented the effect of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on students ...
“Our position is that ASUU strike has lingered for far too long. There is a staggering level of corruption. He wrote, “Nigeria is vastly polarized and wracked by deep divisions along religious, ethnic and regional lines.
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Another SAN, Prof Sam Erugo, said, ‘’Those pushing for ASUU in state universities to break the strike are either ignorant of the nature of collective bargaining or do not wish ASUU as a body, and its members in state universities well. “Remember during a Sallah visit to the President in Daura, Mr President appealed to ASUU and said that ASUU should be mindful about the future of the next generation. He said, “Education is not just a pillar in one of our THEMES agenda, it is one of the major dividends of democracy and the cardinal objectives of any government. He stated,’’The participation of the lecturers in state universities in the industrial action is not illegal. Those are the three trajectories of the functions of a lecturer. In my letter of appointment, the functions of a lecturer are teaching, research and community service. Also, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Dr Gbolahan Bolarin in a separate interview with The PUNCH said, “The government failed woefully and that is the reason we are where we are now. He said, “The government has yielded to all the demands of ASUU. “Have they addressed the issue of why we are on strike? But ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, said university lecturers deserved to be paid for the period they were on strike. He, told one of our correspondents that from all indications, public university students had lost a session to the strike. The government say they have agreed, but we don’t even know what was agreed on or the area of agreement.”
August 31, (THEWILL) - Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has advised the Federal Government to engage in collaborative negotiations with ...
While ASUU insisted on the payment of the backlog salaries of members, the Federal Government on its part had maintained a policy of ‘No Work, No Pay’. In a bid to end the strike, the government had set up a negotiation team, led by the Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Nimi Briggs, to look into negotiations with the unions. THEWILL reported that lecturers of the Federal Government owned universities had embarked on strike since February 14, 2022, to demand release of revitalisation funds for universities; deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System (UTAS) for the payment of salaries and allowances of university lecturers; release of earned allowances; the release of the white paper report of the visitation panels to universities and other issues involving the ASUU-FGN 2009 agreement;
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to engage in collaborative negotiations with the Academic Staff ...
Obi wrote, “Our position is that ASUU strike has lingered for far too long. It is unconscionable, worrisome and unacceptable that FGN would allow such an industrial action to become almost intractable to the detriment of our students. The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to engage in collaborative negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), expressing that the strike has lingered for too long.
ASUU's logo. The Federal Government has summoned vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of governing councils of federal varsities to a meeting ...
From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja. The Labour Party presidential candidate (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure towards the lingering industrial action by ...
Following the industrial dispute between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), lectures at the Nnamdi.
Congress viewed the government promissory note as abdication of responsibility.” Congress categorically debunked the various claims of the government as lies. This statement by the Minister is diversionary, irresponsible and condemnable.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has claimed that it has so far met about 80 per cent of the demands made by the Academic Staff Union.
He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, however, none of the issues that forced our Union to resume the suspended strike as listed in the December 2020 FGN-ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA) has been satisfactorily addressed by the government to date. Reports attest to the fact that the issues had been largely unaddressed. The post reads: “ASUU STRIKE UPDATE!! Today, we're asking that you support us to do more. Learn more about our membership [here](https://membership.dailytrust.com/faqs/) “You cannot allow one sector of the economy to hold you by the jugular and then blackmail you to go and borrow N1.2 trillion for overheads when our total income would be about N6.1 trillion. Every day, we work hard to provide readers such as you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information. Up till now, there has been no record of a fruitful meeting between Adamu and ASUU. Also, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. From 1999 till date, ASUU had embarked on strike for a record 16 times. Though Prof Nimi Briggs-led committee had concluded its work and submitted a report to the government for action, there is however no evidence that the report has been signed and implemented. He said, “All contentious issues between the government and ASUU had been settled except the quest for members’ salaries for the period of the strike to be paid, a demand that President Buhari has flatly rejected.”