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  FG lauds ASUP for suspending strike, tells ASUU to emulate same SAMBLOG May 31 The Federal Government yesterday, lauded the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) for suspending its warning strike and resuming academic activities . The Government also commended the union for acknowledging the efforts of the Federal Government towards the resolution of the challenges facing polytechnic education in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige in a statement issued in Abuja by Olajide Oshundun, Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said it was heartwarming that the polytechnic lecturers acknowledged the unrelenting efforts of the Government towards repositioning higher education in the country. The Minister was quoted as saying, “ASUP has made a remarkable difference at a time the usual practice is for striking unions to deny that government has moved a needle in implementing agreements reached at negotiati...

  Strike: We’ve resumed talks with FG, say ASUU, SSANU SAMBLOG  May 30 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have said the Prof Nimi Briggs Committee is in negotiation with the unions. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, the ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had been negotiating with the Briggs Committee since last week over its demands. ASUU commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022 after the Federal Government failed to meet some of its demands namely; the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution payment platform. The PUNCH reports that on March 7, 2022, the Federal Government in...

  AGAIN, EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY (EKSU) EXTENDS 2021/22 SCREENING FORM REGISTRATION SAMBLOG  May 28 The general public and the Intending Applicants are hereby notified that the post utme Application portal has been reopened for the 2021/22 Academic Session. It should be recalled that the previous Application deadline was slated on the 30th of April 2022. To this End,the University management had pegged a new date for the post utme application deadline,the new Registration deadline date is now on the 30th of June 2022. Intending Applicants who obtained a minimum of 160 in the recent concluded UTME and wish to choose the Institution as first choice are urged to Use this opportunity to apply for the post Application form. For Application click here  https://portal.eksu.edu.ng/ admissions/app_signup  to create a profile and proceed to do the needful.

  NASU, SSANU extends strike by one month SAMBLOG  May 27 The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities NASU have extended the strike embarked upon by the unions under the eagis of joint action committee, JAC by one month. This was disclosed by the leadership of both unions of the university of Benin chapter this Friday. They said despite their strike for the past two months ,government has not met any of their seven demands and vowed to resist any form of intimidation to cajole them to go back to work when issues that led to the industrial action have not been addressed. The institution’s vice chancellor professor Lillian Salami was also on ground in solidarity with them. The non Academic staff of government owned universities have been on strike since March 28 2022.

  UNIABUJA orders 400L students to resume back to campus amid ASUU strike SAMBLOG  May 25

  Kaduna State University reportedly begins lecture amid ASUU strike SAMBLOG  May 25 The students of the Kaduna State University reportedly began lectures today, being the 25th of May 2022 despite the current lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities industrial strike action. Despite the order given by the union, ASUU that students should remain at home. Sources told us at TEAM PLATO that students at few departments were seen receiving lectures. Although, This is antithetical to the directives issued by national leadership of ASUU. Details shortly.

  We are working round the clock to end strike, says FG SAMBLOG  May 24 The Federal Government Tuesday said it would spend about N34 billion on the ongoing payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019. The beneficiaries include members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and their counterparts in the polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this while responding to questions from labour correspondents in Abuja on the prolonged ASUU strike. According to Ngige, the universities would get N23.5 billion the polytechnics N6 billion and the Colleges of Education N4 billion, totalling about N34 billion. Regarding the ASUU strike, the Minister said the committees set up during the last tripartite plus meeting of the government and university-based unions were given a fortnight to turn in their report and they are still working. He adde...

  Nigerian students cry out as ASUU strike enters 100 days, some universities mull pull out SAMBLOG  May 24 Nigerian students have lamented the ongoing industrial action embarked by their lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that reached 100 days today. ASUU on February 14, 2022 issued a month warning strike which was extendend by eight weeks and at its expiration on May 9, another twelve weeks was added claiming that the government refused to accede to its demands. According to the union, the major demand is the implementation of 2009 agreement, some other demands are Earned Academic Allowances, renegotiation of the 2009 agreement and the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) among others. While the strike lingers, the Federal Government invoked “No Work, No Pay” policy on the striking varsity lecturers in order force them back to class. The FG in a statement made by the M...

  NASU holds emergency meeting on Tuesday, may call off strike SAMBLOG  May 21 The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated institutions is set to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, TEAM PLATO has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that the union may decide to call off its ongoing strike, depending on the outcome of the meeting. TEAM PLATO had reported that following the declaration of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, other unions, such as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and NASU, had declared strikes. The unions had insisted on the payment of minimum wage arrears owed since 2017, among other demands, TEAM PLATO had also reported how the Federal Government, through the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, engaged with ASUU, NASU, SSANU and other tertiary institution based unions in a tripartite meeting. However, a circular shared with our correspondent on Thursday by concerned...

  Strike: Labour institute wades into FG, ASUU impasse SAMBLOG  May 21 Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) has commenced meeting with stakeholders to end various unions strike that has paralysed academic activities in public universities in the country.. The stakeholders according to the institute include Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ministries of Education and Labour as well as students. Already, the institute said it had met with ASUU, and had gone through the list of the union’s demands. “We are including the students in the intervention as they have taken to the roads. This is worrisome,” the institute said. Director General of MINILS Comrade Issa Aremu told reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on the sidelines of the commencement of the institute’s 40th anniversary. The grand finale of the anniversary comes up next year. Comrade Aremu added that in every dispute “there are disputes of interest and right. Out of the li...

  ARREARS PAID BY FG NOT PART OF AGREEMENT TO SUSPEND STRIKE, SAYS ASUU SAMBLOG  May 20

  FG moves to end ASUU, poly lecturers strikes, begins arrears payment SAMBLOG REPORTS  May 20 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, Team Plato has learnt. The National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson Ezeibe, and the Chairman, ASUU FUTMinna, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed this in separate interviews with our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. Team Plato reported that the two unions are currently on strike following the inability of the government to meet their demands including the payment of minimum wage arrears and release of revitalisation funds, among others. While ASUU commenced its strike on February 14, 2022, ASUP is currently on an initial two-week warning strike. Confirming the payment on Thursday, Ezeibe, however, said that was just the beginning...

  YABATECH announces resumption date SAMBLOG  May 19 This is to inform all Academic Staff and Students of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) that the management of the institution has announced the resumption date for the commencement of academic activities for the 1st semester, 2021/2022 academic session. YABATECH Resumption Date This is to inform all Academic Staff and Full-Time students that the First Semester 2021/2022 Academic Session shall commence on  Monday, June 6, 2022 . Lectures will also commence on  Monday, June 6, 2022 . Online Semester registration will commence on  June 6, 2022 , and will end on  June 17, 2022 . All students are to ensure they complete their registration within the stipulated period as late registration will attract a penalty of  Five Thousand Naira (N5,000.00)  only. All students are required to submit the course registration forms to their respective School Officers to complete the registration exerci...

  STRIKE: THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ADO-EKITI POSTPONES MATRICULATION CEREMONY SAMBLOG  May 19

  SAMBLOG    REPORTS   LAUTECH shuns ASUU strike, announces resumption date SAMBLOG  May 19

  ASUU strike: NANS begs Atiku, Tinubu, others to raise money for varsity lecturers SAMBLOG  May 18 The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has begged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other presidential aspirants to raise money in order to meet the demands of the striking university lecturers. The students’ body made the appeal in a statement signed by the Chairman of Ogun State Joint Campus Committee (JCC), Comrade Damilola Simeon, and made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday. The students, who have embarked on a nationwide protest, said the appeal followed the “failure of the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the striking lecturers.” The NANS leader, according to the statement, urged the presidential aspirants to come to the rescue of Nigerian students through generous donations so that public universities could be reopened. “All the presidential aspirants, especially those from the ruling All Progressives Congress...

  ASUU strike: Gunshots as soldiers disperse protesting Ondo students SAMBLOG May 17 Men of the Nigerian Army have allegedly stormed the scene where students were protesting in Akure, Ondo State on Tuesday. The students had gone out for a second-day protest in the state over the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Videos obtained by our correspondent had shown soldiers marching in their numbers with their guns, alongside a van being driven after them. Sporadic gunshots were heard as they moved while some of the students ran in panic. The students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, in Akure, had, alongside, counterparts from neighboring states, barricaded major highways, including the Benin-Ore Express road while they protested. Sources told our correspondent that as of yesterday, the police and soldiers came to the protest scene, but today, they had come with violence as they started to disperse the students and disrupt other things. “What...