The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, has sounded an urgent alarm over what it describes as the growing dictatorial tendencies of the institution’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council. Speaking on behalf of the Union during a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital, the Chairperson of ASUU…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says 84 of its members died between May and August 2024 due to economic hardship and unpaid salaries. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said this on a live television programme in Lagos. “In the past three months, from May to August (2024), Nigerian universities lost 84 academics to death….
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that most Nigerian universities are on the verge of shutting down over “unbearable cost of electricity”, saying the electricity bills of some universities run between N200m to N300m monthly. President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on at a two-day national conference convened by ASUU…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address unresolved issues dating back to 2009. In a statement on Wednesday, ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke called for the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement, based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s 2021 Draft Agreement. The…
The planned meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) scheduled for today has been postponed to Wednesday, August 28. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed the postponement, which was initially announced by the Minister of Education on Friday. The meeting was intended to address the union’s grievances and prevent a…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on strike in two weeks if the President Bola Tinubu administration fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke said it is unfair for the Federal Government to pay lecturers four months of their 2022 withheld salaries and hold…
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, who confirmed the development said, government has commenced payment President Bola Tinubu Tinubu had in October 2023 approved…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said its members would consider embarking on another industrial action because the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government is yet to fulfil any of its promises to them. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who said this said this added that last month salaries were paid to them…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Uyo Branch, has given out over N1.7 million to 15 indigent students of the university who excelled in their academics pursuits. It also conferred heroes’ award on past leaders who led the union through turbulent periods in the history of the branch. The awardees were honoured during…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone has rejected the students’ loan scheme of the federal government, noting that non-refundable grants should be given to Nigerian students instead of loans. The ASUU Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, Lazarus Maig-oro, disclosed this while speaking at a scholarship-for-indigent-student programme held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU),…
