The federal government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment who presented the certificate to CONUA on Tuesday October 4, also announced the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as a trade …
Read More »FG to present certificate of registration to breakaway ASUU faction CONUA
Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of Academic Staff Union of Universities led by Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, will be receiving a certificate of registration from the Federal Government today, October 4. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige will …
Read More »ASUU Strike: NANS Knocks Buhari, Condemns Proposed National Honour For Adamu
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has described the planned national honour for the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu as an insult to students in the country. Speaking against the backdrop of the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), NANS spokesperson, Tope Giwa said it …
Read More »Independence Day: Oba Of Benin Writes FG Over ASUU Strike
Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day celebration may have been more meaningful if the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had settled their differences, said His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin. Naija News reports that the renowned monarch joined other patriotic …
Read More »Strike: Ngige Leaves Meeting After Heated Argument With ASUU President During Negotiation (Video)
There was an angry moment of argument between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke during a negotiation meeting facilitated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Naija News reports that …
Read More »Strike Can End In Two Days – ASUU President Gives Update, Slams FG
The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has accused the federal government of not taking the demands of the union seriously. Speaking on Wednesday, Osodeke stated that the strike by the union members can end in one or two days only if the Nigerian …
Read More »[BREAKING] ASUU: Buhari Govt Backtracks, Asks VCs To Shelve Reopening Universities
The Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has withdrawn its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to re-open federal universities. Naija News reports that the Buhari Government gave the new directive on Monday afternoon through the National Universities Commission. Recall that the NUC had earlier directed Vice Chancellors to immediately …
Read More »CAN President Sends Message To Buhari Over ASUU Strike
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Daniel Okoh, has urged the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to do its best to ensure that all public universities in the country are opened. Okoh also urged the Federal Government to dialogue with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of …
Read More »ASUU strike: Lecturers not asking to be paid for work not done – Falana
Why is this important: The Federal Government has been at loggerheads with ASUU since the commencement of the strike about seven months ago. All efforts to reach an amicable resolution seemed to have failed as the academic union insisted that the Federal Government must honour all the previous agreements between …
Read More »ASUU: Again, Gbajabiamila, House Leaders Meet Head Of Service, Others
In a bid to resolve the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila alongside his deputy Rep. Ahmed Idris Wase and other leaders of the House had a meeting with the Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs Folashade Yemi-Esan, …
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