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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said that the Federal Government has done all it can to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of ...

“In the spirit of sincerity, the Government made it clear that it would not break the law. “I personally, gave it all it required to resolve the current challenges. After Inter-ministerial consultations and rounds of hard negotiations with all government agencies, we interacted with the Unions.

The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has urged the Federal Government to increase the salary of university professors to N800 ...

He added, “The Team will liaise with the Prof. He said, “How do we engage with the Nimi Briggs committee? Akpan Ekpo, former Vice Chancellor of University of Uyo (UNIUYO). Joe Ahaneku, former Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK); Prof. Olufemi Bamiro, former Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan (UI); Prof. Jibril Aminu, former Vice Chancellor, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID); Emeritus Prof.

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja met with Vice Chancellors and Pro-Chancellors of federal universities to end the ongoing strike by the Academic ...

Emmanuel Osodeke to have said the union would no longer negotiate with the current administration on the ongoing strike. He added that the government would continue to support the physical and academic development of its universities as well as enhance the working conditions of all university staff. “Government and ASUU have no option than to continue talking, until our universities are reopened to students who, clearly, are the principal victims of the seemingly unending strike.

The Ministry of Education, Adamu Adamu, alongside stakeholders in Nigerian university education have commenced a special closed-door session over the ...

Seven months after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, embarked on strike, the end is not in sight. The industrial action, which the union.

The president was voted in by the Nigerian people and is holding the Nigerian people’s mandate. “ASUU is ready to consider, the body had negotiated a 180 percent increment, but the federal government at some point was ready to pay 100 percent, but things changed. During the birthday of Bishop Kukah, former President Goodluck Jonathan shared an experience where he set up a committee and it appeared things were not working and he stepped in and invited the minister of Finance and others, the strike that lasted for four months then was resolved that night. If the government refuses, universities will not open, lecturers have died, and others will also die.” My colleagues don’t have food; they don’t have Garri to sip.” “There should be hope in this system; look at the value of naira now. Government must pay the salaries owed ASUU members, implement the new salary scale of at least 100 percent increment, pay 50 percent of the old earned academic arrears, and do the revitalization as they can before universities open. When the aviation union went on strike, they resolved their issues because they don’t travel via road. “In my last branch congress, our chairman said those who can travel to the village should go and farm. When a new government comes in place, ASUU will now start engaging the government. My head of department is into fishery now in Calabar. According to a university worker, “as it stands now, we have two sets of students ready to resume academic session.