‘They just have to go many steps higher than what we have now. We hope they would see the need to give education top priority and save it from collapse’

Students of the Taraba State University may well be vacating their classroom for another round of strike action by their lecturers.

The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has pleaded with the federal government, to in interested in stability in the university system, and offset the withheld salaries of members of a sister union, the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU over its last nine months’ strike.

By Sylvester Onyema OVER the years, society has more or less accepted the arbitrary interruption of the academic calendar in federal universities through lecturers’ strike actions under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as a norm.  In fact, it is rare to find a student who completed a university degree through […]

By Dan Neburagho THOUGH Nigeria has supported the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU’s, unnecessary and thoughtless eight-month strike, the dust has yet to settle. Life is returning to the campuses, but only just; academic tranquility can be felt. Hardly were the classrooms thrown open before lecturers began another round of chapter protests, this time, […]

By Joseph Atobisi WHEN everyone thought that peace had returned to our ivory towers after the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the union is back in the trenches again. This time, ASUU is holding nationwide protest rallies to express its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Federal Government to pay […]

FG ‘No work no pay rule’ cannot apply to lecturers – ASUU

By Ibrahim Jibia EVEN if the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has gone personal in mediating the dispute between ASUU and the Federal Government, it can be successfully argued that all he has done is meticulously engage the relevant provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and the Trade Union Act to bring […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, has urged the Federal Government to end its lingering face off with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, by paying their withheld salaries saying the crisis has thrown the education sector in disarray. The group said the Federal Government is […]

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen IT may be discomfiting, but the truth, (our truth), must be told; that many Nigerians love quick fixes! This is a reason why they (we) have been going round in circles concerning their (our) challenges! For instance, the tempo of stakeholders’ clamour, for Nigeria to find sustainable solutions to the underlying […]