By Omeiza Ajayi The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the 2021 National Budget to enable its implementation by January 1, 2020. This was as the party hailed Thursday’s presentation of the proposed budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it is indeed a ‘Budget […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says only federal workers that have been captured by the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform will continue to receive salaries. Buhari said this when he presented the 2021 budget of N13.08trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday described a comment credited to the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, that striking lecturers should consider farming as an alternative profession as alleged “reflection of his shallow understanding of the academic profession and low premium that the government places […]

The Academic Staff Union of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam campus, has denied opting out of the national strike by university lecturers. The branch Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Alphonsus Aniebo stated this at a press briefing in Awka on Thursday, while reacting to an earlier statement by a group of lecturers in the university, who […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is not ready to suspend its ongoing strike until government pays outstanding three-to-seven months withheld salaries and approves University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) among other demands. ASUU in a statement released by the Zonal Coordinator of the Ibadan Zone,  […]