It is no longer news that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rolled over its one-month warning strike which began on February 14th, 2022 for another two months owing to a failure for its negotiating team to decide with the Federal Government. It is also no longer news that the strike is owing
By Ushang Ewa The University of Calabar has postponed its 35th convocation ceremony over the uncertainties caused by the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The ceremony which sees the award of certificates to graduates across different strata was billed for March 25th and 26th, 2022. But, a release issued
By SaharaReporters The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja on Sunday night. The union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, but a
By Patrick Obia The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday in Calabar, protested the incessant strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU embarked on a month long total and comprehensive strike on February 14th, the 16th since 1999, to press home its demands for the implementation of the renegotiated
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Punch Newspaper The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said that any proposed increase in allowances and salaries by the Academic Staff Union of Universities not in sync with the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC) will not scale through. The Minister also advised the union to work
By Patrick Obia Barely two weeks into the ongoing “comprehensive and total” strike action by academic staff in Nigerian universities, the umbrella students union in the country has announced it’s decision to protest the actions of the academic staff and government starting from February 28th. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), had on February
By Mojeed Alabi, Premium Times ASUU rounded off its “NEC for NEC” meeting at about 3 a.m. on Monday and will formally brief the press on Monday morning. A reliable source at the just concluded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confided in Premium Times that the union resolved to
By Patrick Obia Students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) may resume school after staying at home for over 300 days to write exams sooner than they expected. Academic activities were shut down in both varsities since March 2020 first, for an industrial action by the Academic