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 Strike: We have solved 80% of ASUU’s demands, FG faults union action SAMBLOG  Aug 29 As Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, further extended it’s over six months old strike,the federal government has faulted the action of the university lecturers’union. Government said the action was not justified given that it had met 80 percent of the demands of the union. The umbrella union of lecturers of the nation’s public universities, had earlier on Monday, again,extended the strike, after accusing the federal government of failure to live up to its term in the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement it signed with it. The action of ASUU came after its National Executive Council,NEC meeting which took place at its University of Abuja Secretariat. Although,the union was yet to come out with official statement or address the media on the fallouts of its meeting which began late Sunday and stretched into early Monday,some members who spoke in secrecy, disclosed that the meeti...

 ASUU Extends Six-Month-Old Strike Indefinitely SAMBLOG  Aug 29 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike indefinitely until the Federal Government meets its demands. A member of the union, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development to Channels Television following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking varsity teachers at the University of Abuja. He said the union extended the industrial action after reviewing progress reports on ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government in the last four weeks when ASUU rolled over the strike. Last week, the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu said the Federal Government had addressed most of the union’s demands including the release of N50b for the payment of earned allowances for academic and non-academic and non-academic staff of universities. ASUU embarked on the strike on February 14th, 2022. It had then declared a four-week warning strike. But after a month...

Again, EKSU Defies ASUU, Orders Lecturers to Resume Today SAMBLOG  Aug 29 In defiance to the hardline position of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), authorities of the Ekiti State University(EKSU), Ado Ekiti, would reopen the institution for academic work today. This comes after six months ASUU members, EKSU chapter joined the ongoing strike declared by the university lecturers to press for urgent reform of the country’s ivory towers among other myriad of demands.The university had last week through its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, announced its intention to suspend the nationwide strike in the institution and commenced academic work. Consequent upon this, ASUU’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, had made a scathing and derisive comment against the university, describing it as a, “quack and irrelevant university”.Not pleased with such a debasing statement, the management had risen in defence of the university and called on ASUU’s leader to retract the com...

 ASUU to continue strike, fails to ease tension SAMBLOG  Aug 29 After 196 days of being on industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to continue its lingering strike that has paralysed public universities in the country. This was arrived at after a heated and stormy National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union in Abuja. SAMBLOG REPORTS. More details soon..

 Strike: Anxiety as ASUU NEC meeting begins SAMBLOG  Aug 28 The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence its meeting by 4pm Today, The PUNCH reports. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. “The meeting will start by 4pm,” a member of the NEC confirmed this to our correspondent on Sunday. ASUU had last week directed its zones and branches to organise congresses following the deadlocked meeting between the union and representatives of the Federal Government. Some students who spoke to our correspondent expressed fears at the possibility of an indefinite strike. A student of the University of Ilorin, Tajudeen Sanusi said, “I don’t even want to think about it. I am scared and the idea of an indefinite strike doesn’t speak well to me at all. I am still optimistic though” Another student at the Univers...

 “I was misquoted”, ASUU President Denies Calling State Varsities Quacks. SAMBLOG  Aug 27 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has debunked report making the rounds that it named universities owned by State governments quack. DAILY POST reports that several media platforms were on Friday flooded with reactions to purported assertion by the ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke that state universities are quack and should not be taken seriously. Recall that Professor Osodeke had on Thursday appeared on Arise TV where he addressed some issues regarding the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by ASUU over six months ago. Speaking about some State universities that recently pulled out of the struggle, the ASUU president said, “talk about important universities not those quacks. They’re not part of our strike”. The development has triggered backlash from some State universities and concerned Nigerians who lambasted the ASUU president for allegedly naming State u...

 BREAKING: NAAT suspends strike for 3 month  SAMBLOG  Aug 25 The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike for three months. This action follows the earlier suspension of strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions NASU. National President of NAAT, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, made this known while addressing newsmen after the National Executive Council meeting of the union in Abuja on Thursday. Nwokoma said NAAT had embarked on the strike on 21 March 2022 to press home its demands which include non-implementation of FGN/NAAT 2009 agreement, refusal to release enabling circular for the implementation of CONTISS 14 and 15 for academic technologists, non-payment of the arrears of Earned Academic Allowances to members, among others. The NAAT President revealed that the union following a robust engagement with the government was able to se...

 NAAT to meet Thursday, set to suspend strike action SAMBLOG  Aug 22 In view of the above, NASU and SSANU members are hereby directed to resume duties on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.” NAAT to meet on Thursday Meanwhile, the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, is expected to meet on Thursday to take a decision on whether to sign an agreement with the government to suspend strike, SAMBLOG  REPORTS . President of NAAT, Comrade Ibeji Nwokomma said “We held a zoom meeting on Saturday and directed our branches to call a congress for a referendum and come for a physical NEC (National Executive Council) meeting on Thursday August 25. “ After the meeting, we will be in a better position either to suspend the strike or to continue with it. Once the branches give the go ahead, we will suspend the strike for three months.

 Strike: FG approves additional #100bn to varsities, set to proscribe ASUU if… SAMBLOG  Aug 22 Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university sector as part of the understanding in the re-negotiation of the 2009 Agreement. Besides, N50 billion was equally approved to be shared by the university-based unions as earned allowances. The four university-based unions that have been agitating for the payment of earned allowances are ASUU, which calls its own Earned Academic Allowances, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT. Recall that ASUU embarked on a month warning strike ...

 Buhari’s administration has spent over N6 trillion on education – Minister SAMBLOG  Aug 18 The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said within the last six years of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over N6 trillion has been spent on Nigeria’s education sector. This is in addition to N2.5 trillion intervention from TETFund (two per cent profit tax of companies operating in Nigeria) and N554 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), he said. The minister, who spoke at a briefing at the State House on Thursday, also touched on other issues affecting the education sector, including the ongoing strikes by workers in the nation’s higher education sector. In the past 10 years, Mr Adamu said TETFund invested N2.5 trillion into higher education in Nigeria, with a particular focus on human capital development. He said the sum has exceeded the N1.2 trillion that the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) demands to be spent on the sector, as co...

  ASUU must compensate students for wasted time – Minister SAMBLOG  Aug 18 The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government. He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six months of no academic activities. Adamu suggested that the affected students should “take ASUU to court” to claim damages incurred over the strike period. The Education minister said this at the 47th Session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. According to him, the federal government bears no liability to compensate millions of students grounded for six months over lost time. He also said if the students are determined to get compensated, they should take ASUU to court.

Strike: ASUU begins consultations on next move SAMBLOG  Aug 18 The National Strike Organising Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has met to decide on the way forward concerning the ongoing strike by the union. The committee is made up of senior officials of the union. This is as our correspondent learnt that zonal meetings will commence by the end of the week after which branches would go ahead with congresses. A member of the union’s National Executive Council, who did not want his name in print because he was not permitted to speak on the matter, disclosed this to TEAM PLATO REPORTS “The National Strike Organising Committee will meet today (Wednesday), after which zonal meetings will commence this weekend and then congresses will be held. “From there, information will be passed to our members on the next development; the president alone cannot decide, there are processes,” he said. Meanwhile, ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Wednesday, urged Nigerian s...

 Strike: FG, ASUU meeting did not end deadlock, ASUU President speaks SAMBLOG  Aug 17 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the circulating news that its meeting with the Nigerian government on Tuesday ended in deadlock as untrue. The union's National Chairman, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Wednesday morning in a telephone conversation with SaharaReporters. It had been reported widely that the Tuesday’s meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government again ended without an agreement. However, Osodeke said the viral news on Tuesday night about the outcome of the union meeting with the government was “not true.” He, therefore, urged the public to wait for details of the meeting which would be contained in a press release that would be out soon. ASUU embarked on a four-week warning strike on February 14. On March 14, the union extended the industrial action by another two months to allow ...

 Strike: Again, FG, ASUU negotiations ends deadlocked SAMBLOG  Aug 16 The truce meeting between the Federal Government and executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has ended in deadlock. TEAM PLATO has reliably gathered. Stakeholders at the meeting which involved the professor Nimi Briggs led committee and ASUU officials failed to reach any meaningful resolution after the meeting which lasted several hours at the University of Abuja campus. A source privy to the meeting noted that the Nimi Briggs committee failed to come with any commitment to resolve the strike rather was appealing to the union to suspend the strike. Other unions also engaged in strike include the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). There were initial signs that all the parties involved in the stalemate that has lasted for over...