The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has retracted his earlier claim that no binding agreement existed between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), admitting that a formal agreement was indeed signed in 2009.

Forty-eight hours after members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) staged nationwide protests over their welfare, the Owerri Zone of the union has demanded the immediate payment of the withheld three and a half months’ salaries of its members, insisting that “the labourer deserves his wage.”

The Federal Government has denied claims that it signed agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that the documents being referenced were merely proposals.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Wukari (FUW) branch, has demanded the immediate payment of their accumulated entitlements, rejecting the Federal Government’s proposed loan scheme.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun branch, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to avert “mother of all strikes” by members of the union by implementing the reviewed 2009 Agreement.

In a bid to finally close the chapter on the lingering 2009 ASUU agreement, a high-stakes meeting is expected in Abuja today as the federal government is expected to make a counter offer to the university teachers in a bid to translate years of stalled renegotiations into concrete, implementable commitments with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

In a bid to finally close the chapter on the lingering 2009 ASUU agreement, a high-stakes meeting is expected in Abuja today as the federal government is expected to make a counter offer to the university teachers in a bid to translate years of stalled renegotiations into concrete, implementable commitments with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

“The ASUU members equally have families and aged parents to cater for. As it is now, many of our members cannot pay their house rents.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened a total and indefinite shutdown of public universities in Nigeria over poor welfare of its members.

“Unfortunately, government, in its characteristics, has paid deaf ears to our demands and has constantly pushed our union to embark on strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) , University of Calabar Branch(UCB) has described the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund ( TISSF) loan as a bait meant to incapacitate Universities Cooperative societies.

THERE are strong indications that the university academic calendar may be disrupted, following an alleged plan by the federal government to renegotiate with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, without carrying along the other three university-based unions.

THERE are strong indications that the university academic calendar may be disrupted following the alleged plan by the Federal Government to renegotiate with the Academic staff Union of Universities, ASUU, without carrying along the other three university based unions.

Prof. Christopher Piwuna said the union has been “pushed to the wall” after over two years of patience without results.

The statement criticised successive governments for reneging on the provisions of the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, which should have been renegotiated since 2012.