Some officials of the Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, according to a report by Punch Newspaper, were on Monday interrogated in connection with the ongoing nationwide strike by non-academic university workers. The officials arrested by men of the Department of State Services, according…
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions will tomorrow (Friday) start industrial action. This was contained in a copy of notice written to their branches obtained by The Punch on Thursday. Part of the notice read, “In view of the outcome of the meeting, the leadership…
The Nigerian Government is currently meeting with the Joint Action Committee comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions. According to a report by The PUNCH, the meeting is being held at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. Among those present in the…
The Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU have threatened to commence an indefinite strike on February 5, 2021. The non-academic workers at Nigerian universities made this known in a communiqué issued on Friday. Part of the communiqué read, “It is in line with the resolution of our members nationwide, that the leadership of the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has conditionally suspended the industrial action it embarked on since March over the disagreement between its members and the Nigerian government, THE INFORMANT247 reports. The academic body hinted it has suspended the nine-month-old strike while it monitors the compliance level of the government on the concessions…
The Federal Government on Monday said it has met 98% of the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, assuring Nigerians that the nation’s universities are likely to reopen by January next year. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this while addressing reporters at Alor in Idemili North…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said it would meet the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities with a view to prevailing on them to end the nine-month-old strike embarked on by the university lecturers. The new President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, speaking in Abuja during his maiden press conference, described the…
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, has condemned the incessant strikes action by varsity lecturers in the country, saying that students are always at the receiving end as they are often denied the quantity and quality of education they deserve. Accroding to the institution’s weekly bulletin, Prof. Abdulkareem disclosed this while…
The Kwara axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students on Monday directed that a peaceful and non-violent protest, be held in the state capital, Ilorin on Tuesday. According to the Association, the protest is meant to express displeasure over the closure of varsities for over seven months as ASUU and the Federal Government fail…
Organised labour in Kwara State has called off its indefinite strike after a meeting with the officials of the state government. The labour leaders announced this on Friday after a closed-door meeting held at the Head of Service’s office in Ilorin. Chairman of the Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Ore,…
The organised labour unions in Kwara state have asked members to prepare for industrial action which will commence on Monday, October 12. The labour leaders rejected another round of workers’ verification and audit by the Government as condition for payment of minimum wage to the workers. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by…
It appears another industrial action is imminent as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently slammed the thirty-six (36) state governors in the federation, that came after information emerged that the governors unanimously agreed on 22,500 naira as the new national minimum wage, with the labour vowing not to shift grounds and still insisted on 30,000…
