By OLUDAYO TADE After giving the Federal Government of Nigeria 14-month strike notice (December 2020 – February 14, 2022), the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, asked her members to stop teaching to force government to fund public universities and sign a renegotiated agreement. The six months roll-over strike changed to total and indefinite strike […]

I yield this space today to readers of this column who felt strongly about my position on the ASUU strike and reacted. Follow their minds. Dear Sir, Your article missed out many facts — ETF which later became TETFUND came into being as an outcome of the FGN/ASUU Agreement of 1992. In response to government […]

By Sunny Ikhioya WHEN you have two obstinate bodies confronting each other, over issues that should normally be settled across the table, with mutual respect and understanding, what you get is the concomitant effect of what is happening in our universities today. There is the African partnership with Japan, expressed through TICAD (Tokyo International Conference […]

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, Tuesday, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari warned the government team involved in the negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, against signing an agreement that government would be unable to implement.

By Adekunle Adekoya “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”  THE quote above is usually attributed to renowned physicist, Albert Einstein, famous worldwide for his Theory of Relativity. But Einstein never said those words, just as “who will guard the guards”, a question frequently attributed to Plato was never […]

By INNOCENT OHIAMBE  Following the recent press briefing by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu that agreement has been reached with all staff unions in our universities, polytechnics and colleges of education except the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, public attention has been focused on ASUU and its annual ritual of strikes. It […]

… calls meeting of pro-chancellors, vice-chancellors  By Adesina Wahab There are indications that despite the insistence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to continue its lingering strike, the Federal Government is set to reopen universities. According to sources in the Federal Ministry of Education, the academic staff are not the only set of […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, Monday said the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has lost the sympathy of Nigerians including parents and students over its resolve to declare an indefinite strike, six months after withdrawing its services from public universities. The groups said it […]

By Adesina Wahab Parents, under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have said they only expect reports that would put an end to the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union meets to decide on the […]

By Obi Nwakanma I was at the University of Nigeria in February to give the keynote to a conference jointly organized by Nsukka’s Institute of African Studies and the Harris Center of the University of Chicago. I remember the gaunt listlessness of the campus, because I arrived there the very day the ASUU strike began. […]