Withheld salaries: FG pays medical consultants, shun ASUU, CONUA
By Adesina WahabThe Federal Government has started paying the withheld salaries of some university lecturers, especially members of the newly-registered Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, leaving out other teaching staff.It was gathered that members of NAMDA at the University of Maiduguri and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have been paid.Reacting to the […]
We called off strike on trust, acceptance of IPPIS interim measure — ASUU
President of the Academic Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke yesterday said that it called off the 8-month-old strike action on trust.
ASUU: FG won’t tolerate strike during transition period — Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Thursday warned that the Federal Government will no longer tolerate strike that does not follow due process by any union, during this transition period of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
CONUA, NAMDA can coexist with ASUU, FG tells NLC
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federal Government, on Tuesday, asked the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop its opposition to the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system. Recall that the new unions – the Congress for Nigerian University Academics, CONUA, and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA […]
Breaking up ASUU
INSTEAD of addressing the core issues that led the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to go on strike, the Federal Government has continued to dance in circles as if buying time, with seven months to the end of its tenure. On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, claimed […]
Strike: There’s light at end of tunnel — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed optimism that the lingering lecturers’ strike would soon end, saying they see “light at the end of the tunnel.” The fallout of the back-and-forth negotiations with the Federal Government has seen universities shut across the countries since February. Read Also: Peter Obi’s endorsement: Afenifere doesn’t speak […]
