The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned of a possible nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s continued failure to implement agreements reached with the union since 2013. Speaking at a press conference at the University of Abuja on Friday, ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, criticised the government’s neglect of issues affecting Nigerian universities,…
In a major step toward sustaining academic stability, the Federal Government has released N50 billion to settle earned allowances owed to academic and non-academic staff of federal universities, fulfilling a key promise by President Bola Tinubu. Announced by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, the move is part of the Renewed Hope…
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…
