The Academic Staff Union of Universities has differed with the Federal Government over the reported removal of the union from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. It was reported that the stressed that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation had confirmed the deactivation of the IPPIS for federal tertiary institutions. It…
The Yola Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of insensitivity manifested in its refusal to implement agreements from several years ago. The ASUU Yola Zone, which comprises six branches that include Modibbo Adama University Yola, University of Maiduguri, Federal University Gashua, Taraba State University Jalingo, Adamawa State…
The Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, raised concerns regarding the victimization of over 200 of its members, citing unjust terminations and the refusal to pay owed salaries amounting to 28 months. Speaking at a press conference, the ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator, Professor Oyebamiji Oyegoke, accused the Federal University of Technology,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that strike is not imminent, if the Federal Government implements the agreements reached in the next two weeks. Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of ASUU said this in an interview with newsmen on Monday. It would be recalled that ASUU had threatened to embark on strike over…
Nigerian university professors are the lowest paid in the world, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has lamented. El-Maude Gambo Jibreel, the branch leader, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Yola on Thursday. He lamented, “Our members have been on the same salary for over 15…
Some unions have shut their workplaces to comply with the directive of the two labour unions to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. On Friday, the organised labour announced that they will be commencing a nationwide indefinite strike due to the refusal of the Federal Government to increase the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. According…
The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, says the Federal Government is working to reconstitute the governing councils of universities. According to him, all has been put in place by the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, to work on the list. Maiyaki spoke at a media parley with education reporters…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that most departments and units in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed due to the resignation of lecturers in search of greener pastures. The Chairman of the University of Ibadan Chapter of ASUU, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, who disclosed this in Ibadan, Oyo State, said Nigeria’s…
The Bauchi zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has reiterated its desire to reject students’ loans. It opted for grants to enable students fund their education. This was disclosed on Saturday by Associate Professor Lazarus Maigoro, the Bauchi zonal coordinator of ASUU. Maigoro stated that the Bauchi zone of ASUU was working…
There is no respite in sight for university workers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who are agitating for the release of their withheld salaries resulting from last year’s industrial action. According to the reports the union last week lost its suit against the federal government over the salaries withheld for…