My name is Government, in case you don’t know. You underrate me at your peril, Teacher. You, a mere pen and paper wielder, exam marker, lecture deliverer, knowledge vendor. A hunter of antelope can’t compare himself with a hunter of men. Only the Government can delete you from circulation — and even find your corpse Read More…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been urged by the federal government to drop its objections to the establishment of two new academic unions in Nigeria’s public university system. The call was made by Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja and signed by Mr. Olajide Read More…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has temporarily called off the eight-month-long strike, LM is now able to confirm. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who used to be the president of the union, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. ”The union will issue a statement to Read More…
It appears that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called a halt to its eight-month strike. Even though the union has yet to make an official statement, media reports say that the decision was made at the end of the National Executive Council meeting on Thursday at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. “Yes, Read More…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused by the Federal Government of disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Read More…
Once the Muhammadu Buhari government had failed to get striking lecturers in our public universities back to class, I knew it would head for the National Industrial Court, NIC, shopping for an injunction. Tragically that is what governments in the country and rich employers have turned the NIC into: a fishing pond for injunctions against Read More…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members have remained unyielding to get what public universities need from the Federal Government to survive and compete globally. Prof. Ayo Akinwole, the Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, made the avowals on Monday in Ibadan. Akinwole said that lecturers in public universities in Nigeria have Read More…
It is now official. The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has suspended its 10-month long strike. In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, it announced: #Breaking: ASUU suspends 10month strike conditionally. Congratulations to all undergraduates. #ASUU The teachers’ union had embarked a strike since February 2020 calling for more funding for public universities Read More…
The Federal Government has agreed to pay the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) using a different mode of payment other than the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari says only federal workers that have been captured by the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform will continue to receive salaries. Buhari said this when he presented the 2021 budget of N13.08trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Read More…
