ASUU strike update today

University students protesting the seven-month industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday morning blocked a section of the ...

[court adjourned the case to September 21, 2022.](https://www.channelstv.com/2022/09/19/just-in-court-fixes-wednesday-to-rule-on-fgs-suit-against-asuu/) Nobody has been harassed but we are not relenting. “They are here to protect us.

Students and youth under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) came out in their numbers on Monday, September 19...

I had to walk with my luggage in my head for almost one hour just to get to the airport because the students had blocked the roads from Ajao Estate to the airport, making it impossible for vehicles to move. “The international airport is an important area because both local and international people use the facilities. If students can’t learn in their classroom, then a disruption in air transport is justified,” he said. It is only when people are uncomfortable that the need for a solution arises,” she said. “I was at the airport on Monday by 7.30am for an 8.30am flight to Abuja but I was at a spot for over one hour; so I had to cancel my travel plans and turn back home. I would have come down from the vehicle and walked down to the airport but there was no safe place I could pack my car.

Some members of NANS in the South-west region had, on Thursday staged a similar protest on the Gbongan-Ibadan highway in Osun State, causing gridlock.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as; “No Work, No Pay is a Fascist Talk. Many workers and travellers were forced to trek long distances to access the airport as the protesters continued to sing and dance in circles while officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigerian Police in the state were seen seen on standby in one of the videos of the protest posted on Twitter. The protesters, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have vowed to remain on the road until the Nigerian government and the striking It is already more than seven months that ASUU commenced its strike, which it has declared indefinite following the failure of the two parties to reach a compromise on the union’s demands.ASUU has demanded the replacement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as salary payment platform with the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) which its members developed. Many commuters, including those travelling abroad through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, were on Monday morning stranded as students, in their tens, blocked the main road linking the airport to Ikeja and Apapa-Osodi areas of the city.

Nigerian students protesting the prolonged strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Monday, defied the downpour, to express their ...

ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, making the strike seven months old in September. The students are asking the Federal Government to resolve issues with the striking lecturers so that they can resume academic activities. Nigerian students protesting the prolonged strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Monday, defied the downpour, to express their grievances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

Nigerians students yesterday grounded activities at the main gateway, Murtala Muhammad Airport, Ikeja, in protest against continued strike.

He said: “The management has decided to open the university for academic activities. “Sections 47 of the Trade Dispute Act gives your lordship the power to direct that no worker should continue to embark on strike pending when the applications are heard and determined”, he argued. “You are further required to submit a written presentation of ASUU’s perspective on this matter to the House before the meeting day. Yahaya Danzaria, on behalf of the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and made available to journalists in Abuja yesterday. This is an international corridor and we need to secure the premises.” Justice Polycarp Hamman adjourned the application for ruling, after he entertained arguments from both counsel to FG, Mr. “Campaigns for the 2023 elections will begin on September 28, 2022,so if the students keep quiet, the federal government will only focus on elections. However, we want then to free the road. We have been pleading with them and the police command is supporting us. My appeal to the government is that they should find a lasting solution to this issue.’’ I am stranded here and my wife is stranded at the local airport. The agitation is worth it but the hardship it has caused is unimaginable.

Some Nigerian youths have taken to the street to block the ever-busy Lagos airport road due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of.

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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to take their protests to Apapa Ports on Tuesday. | Pulse Nigeria.

To further show their displeasure with the industrial action, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to take their protests to Apapa Ports on Tuesday. [the students blocked the Lagos-Ibadan expressway](https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/asuu-strike-travellers-stranded-as-students-block-lagos-ibadan-expressway/jcs290w) to protest against the strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to take their protests to Apapa Ports on Tuesday.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA. The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, has slated Wednesday to rule on an application the Federal Government ...

Besides, he faulted a referral the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. While ASUU accused FG of not being sincere in its negotiation, the government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, approached the court to compel the striking lecturers to return to the classroom. According to him, since the dispute between FG and lectures is already before the court for adjudication, it would be proper and in the interest of justice for the strike action to be called off.

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has criticised the Federal Government for the ongoing seven-month-long strike embarked on by the.

Some are learning printing works, while some female students are pregnant,” he said. He said that the strike has affected the future of their members, noting that some male students have become mechanics; some learning printing works; while some female students have got pregnant. NANS said the strike has endangered the fundamental human right of Nigerian students, with regard to access to education.

The National Industrial Court (NICN) is to deliver a ruling in an application filed by the federal government seeking an order of the court to direct the ...

He also urged the court to grant the prayer sought and proceeded to adopt in its entirety the written address. He added that attached to the affidavit were eight exhibits accompanied by a written address. Good journalism costs a lot of money. Attached to it were three exhibits and an undertaking deposed to by Mr Wampa, the lawyer said. Mr Igwe in response submitted that the minister did not order the court and that the letter attached to the referral was not a legal document as the notice of referral superseded the letter. He said the balance of convenience was not on the side of the claimants and that the conduct of the claimants in the prayer for the court to interpret the 2009 Agreement should be discountenanced.

The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the application for an interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government ...

But counsel to ASUU and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, said the union was currently meeting with stakeholders to ensure that the matter was resolved and appealed to the government to cooperate with the union to resolve the issue. Igwe had asked the court to give the suit an accelerated hearing due to the urgency of the matter to enable students to return to school. The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the application for an interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the parliament is committed to doing everything possible to end the lingering ...

We owe this to our children and to our nation’s future.” Our immediate goal is to do everything to get our children back to school. Our agenda is to explore whatever options there are for parliament to help resolve the present crises so that our children can return to school.

The latest decision followed the success recorded in Lagos on Monday when human and vehicular movement into the MMIA was obstructed...

“In this regard, all National Excos, Zonal Excos in Kaduna, JCC b7, SUG’s/ SRC Executives, Parents, good spirited country men and women, and gentlemen of the press are, by this circular, invited. Good journalism costs a lot of money. The latter was designed by ASUU following complaints against IPPIS over alleged poor standardisation and incompatibility with the university system.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached a new agreement with the federal government. The leadership of the House of Representatives on.

We hope that within the immediate future, this issue will be resolved. “Once that is done, the leadership of this house will await the return of Mr President from the ongoing General Assembly. I am hopeful that Mr President will buy into the agreement and with that, I believe that this matter will be speedily brought to a close,” he said.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ...

In his remarks, the President of ASUU, Prof. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “In pursuance to finalise the meeting, we have asked that NITDA, Account General of the Federation, Auditor General of the Federation, Salaries and Wages Commission be invited to meet with the leadership on Thursday.

The national industrial court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing...

He said the TDA mandates workers not to embark on strike once an issue has been referred to the industrial court. Igwe said the suit was filed in national interest, adding that the strike will result in irreparable damage to Nigerian students and to the country. Consequently, the federal government went to court to challenge the strike.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven months old strike.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. The federal government’s counsel, James Igwe, had applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrain ASUU from continuing with the strike pending the determination of the referral by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The order followed the granting of an injunction sought by the counsel to the federal government.

The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work.

12, and was filed on the same date. Falana in addition argued that the minister lacked the power to order the court in the referral to direct ASUU to call off its strike. ASUU has been on a seven-month strike since Monday, February 14.

The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work.

16 deposed to by the president of ASUU He also submitted that the balance of convenience was not on the side of the claimants and that the conducts of the claimants in the prayer for the court to interpret the 2009 Agreement should be discountenanced. Falana in addition argued that the minister lacked the power to order the court in the referral to direct ASUU to call off its strike.