ASUU strike Update

October 10, (THEWILL) - Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN), Femi Falana, has expressed optimism that the lingering strike action embarked upon by the ...

However, amid several failed negotiations, the Government approached the court to order ASUU to suspend its strike, while it engaged the union to address the dispute. The Federal Government had set up a negotiation team to look into the Union’s demand. Lecturers of the Federal Government owned universities had embarked on strike since February 14, 2022, to demand the 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.

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and the lawyer to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that the...

However, he said the impasse between the striking lecturers and the federal government is likely to be settled fully out of court. The appeal court insisted that the lecturers must adhere to the interlocutory order of the national industrial court (NIC), which had on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 ordered the aggrieved university lecturers to return to the classroom till the court determines the legal action instituted against them by the federal government. Falana made this unknown on Monday, October 10 during a book launch in Lagos.

Counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, on Monday stated that his clients were ready to call off the strike.

Responding to enquiry on the state of the ASUU strike, Falana said, “Our clients are ready to call off the strike. The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its seven-month strike. Counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, on Monday stated that his clients were ready to call off the strike.

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union can call off its strike in a few days.

Strike should not go beyond two days; if the way the National Assembly has intervened, if we had done that long ago, or those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not have stayed more than two or weeks on the strike. During the union’s meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives in Abuja on Monday, ASUU President said, “In a few days, we will put this strike to an end. “We also extend our appreciation to the President for intervening in the ASUU strike.

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike.

ASUU would have called off the strike today and hopefully in the next couple of days. “We are the giant of Africa and we must live by that. Good journalism costs a lot of money. “We hope that in the next few days, we will put an end to this strike. He said that the leadership of the House were able to ensure that all the demands of ASUU in terms of revitalisation and salaries, among others, had been provided for in the 2023 budget. He further hoped that the intervention by the leadership of the House would be the final for the sake of the students, adding that ASUU’s struggle was for the educational and university system in the country.

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed confidence that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off in a ...

If the way the National Assembly has intervened if we had done that long ago, from the beginning, to be allowed to do that all along, or those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students, so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We did this for the sake of our students and children and I hope it would be a thing of the past. But we only just met behind closed doors now and so we have to draw up the agreement as I have stated to you, and hopefully in the next couple of days, of course ASUU has to get back to its bases as well, once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a manner of days. We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documents signed that we can take to our members. According to him: “We have met briefly in the Speaker’s office and looked at all the issues. We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalization, salary, that there has been significant improvement, revitalization has been provided for in the budget. The salary structure has been looked at and there has been improvement as well, and we made sure of that. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr President.

PHOTO: Gbemiga Olamikan. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed optimism that the lingering lecturers' strike would soon end, saying they ...

Meanwhile, the Speaker had hinted at the meeting that the long-running strike embarked upon by ASUU will be over “in matter of days.” However, at a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said: “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed optimism that the lingering lecturers’ strike would soon end, saying they see “light at the end of the tunnel.”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers ...

We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We do hope that this will be the final in the interest of our children.” Disclosing the outcome of the closed-door meeting, Osodeke said, “We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documentations – signed— that we can take to our members. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We do hope that this is the last one. “We have met briefly in the Speaker’s office and looked at all the issues. What we have agreed with ASUU is basically to put everything on paper and sign off, and I believe if we had met yesterday and the papers had been drawn up, ASUU, I am sure, would have called of the strike today. Once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a matter of days.” “As you heard Mr President say during his budget presentation, he appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470bn total has been included in the budget. First time, we made our recommendations, with the government shifting some ground and ASUU shifting some ground. As you will recall, some weeks ago, the House got involved in this crisis and we had long, tough, intense meetings with ASUU.

Mr Gbajabiamila said Mr Buhari has agreed to some demands of ASUU after two meetings he (the president) had with the House leadership.

The judgement was confirmed by the Court of Appeal. Good journalism costs a lot of money. We will do that as soon as possible for the interest of Nigerians,” he said. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him, and Mr President had agreed to settle things. The government asked the court to determine the legality or otherwise of the strike. As you know, in my union, we operate bottom-up, we don’t take decisions on their behalf without taking their consent.

Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and counsel to the Academic Staff union of Universities (ASUU), have.

He appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470 billion has been included in the budget. We were able to make sure what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalisation, salary, that there has been significant improvement, revitalisation has been provided for in the budget. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him, and Mr. As you would recall, some weeks ago, the House got involved in this crisis and we had long, tough, intense meetings with ASUU. On one occasion, the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) and I spent six hours persuading Adams Oshiomhole and other Nigeria Labour Congress members to call off a strike in compliance with a court order. “Advising clients to call off a strike is the most difficult aspect of my practice.

After eight months of stalled negotiations with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday expressed hope that its ...

“If the way the National Assembly has intervened, if we had done that long ago, or those in charge of labour and education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We would not have stayed more than two or three weeks on this strike. “Once again, I want to thank you.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila last night said that in a matter of days the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will call ...

If the way the National Assembly has intervened if we had done that long ago, from the beginning, to be allowed to do that all along, or if those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible. We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We did this for the sake of our students and children and I hope it would be a thing of the past. We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalization, and salary, that there has been significant improvement, and revitalization has been provided for in the budget. But we only just met behind closed doors now and so we have to draw up the agreement as I have stated to you, and hopefully in the next couple of days, of course, ASUU has to get back to its bases as well, once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a manner of days. We had meetings with those on the government side and we are happy to report that as the result of the consultation and intervention of the House, very significant progress has been made and we are more or less at the of the road. We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documents signed that we can take to our members. The salary structure has been looked at and there has been improved as well, and we made sure of that. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr President.

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ...

We did this for the sake of our students and children and I hope it would be a thing of the past. And the President did ask that he would suggest the recommendations and would have one more meeting which we did on Friday after the budget. They would sit down together and the chairman Committee on Tertiary Education would also be part of that tripartite sit down arrangement to include all those things that are required by ASUU in the IPPIS platform. We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. If the way the National Assembly has intervened if we had done that long ago, from the beginning, to be allowed to do that all along, or those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr. He appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470 billion total has been included in the budget. First time we made our recommendations with the government shifting some and ASUU shifting some. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students, so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We are creating so many universities but there are no qualified people to teach in those universities because the good ones are leaving. “That is why we are in this struggle.

Nigerian university students on Monday expressed delight over reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be calling off their.

“I am happy that we will finally go back to school, at least after resumption, I will have the hope of graduating soon. I don’t have eternity to fulfill destiny,” she said. We have heard from different sources, including ASUU, that the strike will end this week. Four years course is getting to six years”, she lamented. In 2020, it promised to release N25 billion. In 2017, it, however, released N20 billion.

For Oga Osodeke comment afta di meeting, e be like say Asuu prefer wetin di Lawmakers do dan wetin dem don experience wit di Minsters of Education and dat ...

We go consider evri tin togeda wit di chairman Committee on Tertiary Education to know wetin Asuu wan include inside di IPPIS platform," di Speaker tok. E assure say dem go advise di president well. "We hope say dis time around nobody or group go try create wetin go cause problem again. On di issue of "no work, no pay" rule of goment, oga Gbajabiamila say president Buhari go get final say on di mata. E bin tok say im tok-tok wit presido go well and di president dey wait for di advice and recommendation of di lawmakers. But Asuu president afta di meeting wit di Lawmakers "light dey at di end of di tunnel" - e say di union don take of di agreement wit di lawmakers but dem go need to consult wit dia members before dem take decision.