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ASUU disobeying National Industrial Court order – Ngige

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…

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The National Industrial Court should not be for hire

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…

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We will get what we want from FG – ASUU

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…

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ASUU calls off 10-month long strike

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…

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ASUU Strike: FG agrees to pay lecturers’ salaries without IPPIS

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…

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Only ASUU members captured by IPPIS will receive salaries, Buhari insists

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…