The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Wednesday it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the crisis in the university system. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in Abuja while addressing journalists at the end of a closed-door reconciliatory meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano State Zone, has called on the Federal Government to declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector. The union suggested the allocation of 26 per cent of federal and state governments’ budget to education as one of the ways to resuscitate the sector. The ASUU […]

Bashir Bello – Kano The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano zone, on Friday urged the Federal Government to declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector. The union also implored the government to allocate 26 percent of the federal and state governments’ budget to education to address the challenges bedevilling the […]

CALABAR zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained why it preferred the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, as a platform of payment in the university system instead of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS)

*Says IPPIS is fraud-prone, ghost worker-friendly By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo CALABAR zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained that it preferred the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, as a platform of payment in the university system to the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The coordinator of the zone, […]

ABUJA — THE Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, last night agreed to integrate University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) into Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), says its agitations and actions over the years were premised on six cardinal demands. Prof. Theophilus Lagi, Abuja Zonal Coordinator of the union, at a press conference in Gwagwalada on Thursday, listed the demands to include more funding for public universities and renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement. […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – – THE striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Abuja Thursday said that the controversy surrounding the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, was a creation of the government to divert attention of the union from the actual agitation. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi stated this […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its 14-day warning strike over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Buhari made the call in a message to the 14th convocation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka. The President, who was represented at the event by […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has promised to review the ongoing two weeks warning strike following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday promised to review the four-day-old warning strike following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi, stated this at a meeting with the Speaker at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The meeting was […]

…We ‘ll consult with our members; insist on not joining IPPIS …We ‘re not aware of any strike action-FG By Levinus Nwabughiogu Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimaila has appealed to the striking members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to call off the industrial action for the sake of the students and country. […]

By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Lagos, UNILAG chapter has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to remove Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the university. Speaking in a chat with Vanguard on Wednesday, the Chairman of ASUU, UNILAG chapter, Dr Dele […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Government yesterday said that the two weeks warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was illegal. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by […]

The Federal Government has described the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal and an act of corruption.