Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised that strikes by university lecturers would be a thing of the past under his administration. Tinubu, while making assuring, stated that all necessary actions would be taken to ensure that universities do not embark on strike actions again, adding his government would exhaust all avenues for dialogue…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday night, directed all zonal coordinators and chairpersons of the union to join the nationwide strike in line with the directive from the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. According to a letter signed by ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “The Nigeria Labour Congress…
The “No Work, No Pay” order that was instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the commencement of their eight-month industrial action, which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022, was on Friday, partially waived by President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ahmed Tinubu. According to…
The National Industrial Court (NIC) on Tuesday, upheld the ‘no work no pay’, implementation policy of the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The decision was taken by the court in a suit filed by Federal Government against the university lecturers. The Federal Government implemented the ‘no work no pay’ policy…
The Federal Government on Monday revealed that the Ministry of Labour was not set up to handle only issues and crisis that have to do with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU alone. This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachollom Daju, in Abuja, while speaking at a one-day…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to urgently address all outstanding issues contained in the December 2020 FGN-ASUU Memorandum of Action. In a statement signed by ASUU national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, after a two-day National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Calabar,…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Gashu’a, Yobe State branch, on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over unpaid salaries. Members of the Union were seen in their numbers carrying placards with different inscriptions and went around the university campus. Chairperson of the branch, Dr. Melemi Abatcha, said the protest was…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that no agreement was signed with the federal government before calling off the eight months strike. The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives. The Informant247 had reported that the Appeal Court had…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has again filed an appeal seeking the nullification of the judgment of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria which ruled that the lecturers must return to the classroom. The Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana, SAN made this known while speaking with some reporters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja…
Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku on Sunday said he would not pay Taraba university lecturers who joined the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ishaku stated this in Jalingo during the combined service of TAKAN/ECWA 3rd quarter service, saying Taraba varsity lecturers have no reason to join ASSU strike. He noted…
A university undergraduate, Usman Abubakar-Rimi, who became a food vendor during the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) industrial strike, has died. It was gathered that Abubakar-Rimi was a final year student of Medicine and Surgery Department at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS). The Informant247 recalls that Abubakar-Rimi set up a food outlet in…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the Federal Government must ensure that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not embark on industrial action in the country again. The Informant247 had reported that ASUU had suspended the 8-month-old strike and ordered all universities to resume immediately. Gbajabiamila said…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that its demands have not been fully met, despite the fact that it has agreed to call-off its eight-month industrial strike. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the academic staff union took the decision of suspending the industrial strike at its overnight meeting which was concluded…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike after eight months. The PUNCH reports that although the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, it was gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. A highly…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will hold an emergency National Executive Council, NEC meeting on Thursday to review recent developments, especially the positive response from the federal government to its demands. The union has directed its zonal branches to collate the views of members through vote during the meetings expected to hold tomorrow…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will call off its strike soon. Falana, who is also ASUU’s counsel, disclosed this during a book launch by Lanre Arogundade on Monday in Lagos. He has hinted that the industrial action will be concluded outside the courtroom. This is…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the House of Representatives, on Monday, met on the lingering industrial action by the lecturers. The Informant247 had reported that the lecturers embarked on strike since February 14. The lecturers led by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke and the leadership of the House, led by Femi Gbajabiamila, met…
The Court of Appeal has directed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to put an end to its industrial strike immediately. The court has ordered the staff union to obey the ruling of the lower court and put an end to the industrial action immediately, pending the time substantive suit would be determined. The…
Femi Falana, SAN, a counsel to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, vowed to sue the Federal Government for registering the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). The Informant247 had reported that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had,…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of being complicit in corruption in the tertiary education sector in the country. Speaking on corruption in the universities, President Buhari made the accusation in his address at the fourth National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector, jointly organised by…
