Strike Action: ASUU Gives FG 14-day ultimatum
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government 14-days ultimatum to resolve several lingering issues. Its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the deadline in a statement yesterday and expressed frustration with the government’s lack of commitment and delay tactics. Osodeke cautioned that the union should not be held responsible for any industrial disharmony […]
ASUU Issues 14-Day Ultimatum to Federal Government Over Lingering Issues
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to address unresolved issues. ASUU is demanding the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the 2021 Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement and the release of withheld salaries from the 2022 strike. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, […]
FG and ASUU Reach Compromise Amidst Potential Strike
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) havereached a compromise to avert the strike threatened by the union. At the end of a meeting yesterday by both parties, a sub-committee was set up toreview ASUU’s demands and ensure that all grey areas are ironed out and resolvedwhile the government promised to ensure […]
ASUU Issues 21-day Ultimatum to States and FG to address issues
The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this yesterday to newsmen at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, to intimate the public with the outcome of the union’s National Executive Council meeting held between August 17 and August 18 at the University of Ibadan. Osodeke said ASUU has issued a 21-day ultimatum […]
ASUU may be forced to embark on nationwide strike
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have said they may be forced to embark on a nationwide strike, over what they described as dissatisfaction with the way their demands are being handled by the states and federal government. A statement signed by the president of AS, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the decision […]
ASUU-Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the neglect of the education sector, saying Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets across the West African sub-region. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a One-Day Workshop organised by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Abuja on Tuesday reiterating the union’s call for […]
In my Administration ASUU won’t strike —Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday said that Academic Staff Union of Universities won’t go on strike if he becomes the next president of the country. Obi speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, said that his administration would dialogue with ASUU leadership to ensure that universities won’t […]
