…Invokes No Work, No Pay Policy Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities in all state-owned tertiary institutions, even as he came down hard on the various academic and non- academic staff unions in the universities and polytechnics, suspending their operations. The government’s sledge hammer followed the protest by…
You Have No Power to Ban ASUU, Defiant AAU Lecturers Fire Back at Obaseki
The embattled members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, has described as “condemnable” the suspension of activities of the union by the state government. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, Wednesday evening after the state’s security council meeting, ordered the striking workers of all government-owned tertiary…
War of Words: You are Being Uncharitable, Delta Govt Lambasts ASUU President
….Advises ASUU to use Delta to negotiate with the federal government The Delta State government has lampooned the National President of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke for his outburst against the governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, over his comment that the state government had no issues with its lecturers. Okowa,…
ASUU Knocks Okowa Over Position on Strike, Alleged Proliferation of State Varsities
For distancing the Delta State government, and the state-owned Delta State University, DELSU, from the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the President of the Union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has challenged Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa to, with effect from this year, reject monies from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund. TETFund…
Bad News For Varsity Students: Strike Continues Until Demands Are Met – Osodeke, ASUU President
The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has offered no hope of return to classes anytime soon. President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, gave this indication Wednesday morning when he appeared on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. Recall that in the past nine weeks, ASUU had been on strike over issues of…
Planned Strike: FG Determined to Cripple Varsity Education, says UNIBEN ASUU
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Benin, UNIBEN chapter, on Monday, observed a work-free day as directed by its national body, and warned that the federal government of Nigeria, by its inability to keep to agreements reached with the union, is determined to cripple university education in Nigeria. The union,…
Edo State Government, AAU Workers in Face-off over Unpaid Salaries, Take-over of Varsity Admin by Governor
ASUU Set to Drag Obaseki to Court. All is not well at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma where the workers, both academic and non-academic, are protesting recent unpleasant developments in the university. On Tuesday, members of the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and their Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU)…
Niger Delta Varsity Owes N1bn, as ASUU Threatens Strike
The Niger Delta University, NDU, owned by the Bayelsa State Government is indebted to financial institutions to the tune of N1 billion, being loans it took to augment subventions given it by Bayelsa State Government to pay salaries. The branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, NDU, Dr. Tonbara Kingdom disclosed this on…
Governments Reopen Varsities, But Striking ASUU remain Adamant
The tango between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU started with a life drama Monday morning at the Lagos State University, Ojo. The local branch of ASUU in collaboration with the Nonacademic Staff Union, NASU had barricaded the entrance of the university preventing Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, the vice chancellor and students…
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