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Over the decades threats of strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other sister unions are the bogeys that have continued to haunt our tertiary educational system. They started in the 1970s, and yet, no regime has found a lasting solution to them. The main cause of …

Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider their future and resume to work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has expressed optimism that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will accept the new offer by the Federal Government and end the eight-month strike which began in March. He urged ASUU to hasten consultations with its members in order to return …

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday told students and their parents not to expect suspension of ongoing strike by its members soon, advising lecturers to seek alternative means of survival. The union’s Abuja Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Theophilus Lagi, who stated this at a briefing at the University of Abuja …

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that federal government’s insistence on forcing its members to register on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System was the reason negotiations have continued to stalemate. In a statement issued by ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the union said the federal government …

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Akure Zone has disclosed that the industrial action embarked upon by the union may last years if the Federal Government refuses to honour its agreement with the union holistically. This is as the union disclosed that the FG resumed negotiation with the union …

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their ongoing strike Fayemi has also called on the federal government to sharpen its intelligence gathering mechanism to curb insecurity. He urged the lecturers to consider the children of …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has disclosed that they cannot go back to the classroom on an empty stomach insisting that the Federal Government should adopt its recently invented payment system for Universities, “University Transparency and Accountability Solution”, UTAS as an alternative to IPPIS. ASUU also maintained that …

The Federal Government on Sunday criticised the Academic Staff Union Universities, saying issues concerning seven-month strike by the union were confusing. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview with one of correspondents in Abuja, accused the union of muddling things up over the …