When Sofia Yusuf registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), she hoped to get admission into one of the nation's leading ...
“So, we are going to do the backlog of the work we have left behind.” Though hopes are high that the eight-month strike will end soon, the impacts of the industrial action would linger for a long time. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the unions will function alongside ASUU. Frustrated by ASUU’s insistence, the Federal Government dragged the union to the National Industrial Court. In some schools, students admitted to study for the 2021/2022 academic session are yet to resume classes. While the varsity teachers filed an appeal, the judgement again did not go in their favour. The system is saturated.” In fact, Sofia has yet to sit for the University of Ibadan POST-UTME screening, one of the hurdles she must scale before getting admission into the school. ASUU, which started the latest strike in February, is pushing for the signing and implementation of the 2009 negotiated deal it reached with the Federal Government. I changed [my choice of school] because my sponsor said going to a federal university is what is within his budget,” the candidate, who scored 351 in the UTME, said. “So, there was already an admission that people just registered and had not even started attending lecturers before the strike commenced. “I wanted to enroll in a [private university] but due to some circumstances, I can’t do such.
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.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for his intervention in the protracted ...
Good journalism costs a lot of money. “This project will let people know that we know what we are doing, the leadership of this union sees the need to diversify and not rely only on members’ dues for income. He said that the development was one of the active ways the labour union was working to diversify in this present economic challenges.
There seems be an end in sight to lingering impasse between the federal government and the the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as the.
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 have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documents signed that we can take to our members. 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 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. We have taken note of what they have covered. “I want to thank the union for having come this far and having reported at every moment that we have called them. 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. 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. He appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470 billion total has been included in the budget.
NANS has commended the efforts of the Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, aimed at an amicable resolution.
For about six decades, oil exploration has been going on in the Niger Delta region. NANS lauds NASS on amicable resolution of ASUU strike The State chapters of ASUU are expected to meet from Wednesday to vote on the suspension of the strike action.
The ongoing industrial dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal government could be over in a couple of days, ...
“Revitalization has been provided for in the budget, we made sure of that. So we have agreed that between now and tomorrow. There was one of the sticking points, the issue of no work no pay, the President did ask to digest the recommendations and would have one more meeting, which we did on Friday after the budget presentation. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him and Mr. “But beyond that, the other issues have been taken care of. He said: “I have visited the President twice.
This development was revealed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday evening.
In his response, the President of ASUU, Prof. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him and Mr. While appreciating the efforts of the Speaker and the House towards the resolution of the dispute, Osodeke expressed optimism that the end of the strike is in sight. “So we have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documentation signed so that we can take them to our members, and we will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of Nigerians and the students so that this can be resolved as soon as possible. “Both ASUU and the Office of the Accountant General and the government have agreed that they would work together to resolve the peculiarities of UTAS required for the payment plan and IPPIS. “We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of the Revitalisation Fund, in terms of salary, there has been significant improvement.