The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights groups, such as the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign, have knocked the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the prolonged shutdown of academic activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The PUNCH reports that the strike declared by the Academic Staff … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of minimum wage arrears, which it owed lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Academic Staff Union of Universities as part of efforts to end ongoing strikes by the unions, The PUNCH has learnt. The National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson Ezeibe, and … [Read more…]
Nigerian students, yesterday, made good their threats to cripple socio-economic actives in the country as they barricaded major highways and obstructed movements in continuation of their protest over ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In 2020, the union embarked on a nine-month strike, the longest since 1999 and about two … [Read more…]
Enugu: Ugwuanyi promises to pay N30,000 minimum wage Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State The Enugu government says it is putting final modalities in place to pay primary teachers the N30,000 minimum wage following their threat to go on strike. Commissioner for Education, Uchenna Eze, said on Friday that ongoing negotiations between the government and … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) early Monday morning extended the ongoing strike by 12 weeks. The decision was taken at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) held at ASUU Secretariat in Abuja. The emergency meeting, which had in attendance principal officers and branch chairmen, started on Sunday and ended early Monday morning. The … [Read more…]
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has warned that Nigeria might not be able to compete in the global circle in the next few decades because of the kind of people that will take over the affairs of the country’s political leadership. It said the country is producing children who are not provided with the … [Read more…]
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of deliberately frustrating efforts it was making to end the ongoing industrial action. It said the failure of government to honour the 2020 FGN-ASUU memorandum of action (MOA) with a view to addressing the myriad of challenges confronting public universities has kept the strike … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos Zone, has warned that the rejection of University Transparency and Accountability Solution by the National Information Technology Development Agency will continue to elongate the strike action. The union declared that the strike would not be suspended until the government addresses the adoption of UTAS, implements the renegotiated agreement, … [Read more…]
Two days to the expiration of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the National President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke says “nothing tangible has been done”. Saturday PUNCH reports that the union had on Monday, February 14, 2022, declared a total and comprehensive four-week warning strike. The strike, according to … [Read more…]
Ugwuanyi, Obi, Asogwa, Otubela, Onyishi, Onah, others, to attend NAPPS maiden education summit Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu As the countdown to the maiden education summit organized by the Enugu State Chapter of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, in conjunction with the Enugu State Ministry of Education, begins, the LOC has tipped the … [Read more…]
Breaking News: ASUU declares nationwide strike The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. He said the strike, which takes effect from Monday, February 14, 2022, would last for an initial … [Read more…]
Just In: Peter Obi to speak at Enugu NAPPS maiden education summit; as Onyishi’s ‘Maduka University College’ becomes Platinum Sponsor By Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Following the planned 2-day maiden education summit of the Enugu State chapter of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), a foremost body of proprietors of private schools in … [Read more…]