by crossriverwatch admin The threat to academic stability in the nation’s ivory towers because of the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has attracted headlines in the dailies. The media has also been awashed by many criticisms, most of which have been directed at the Federal Government in which President Jonathan
by crossriverwatch admin Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Larry Odey has joined other well meaning Nigerians calling on the federal government to heed to the agreement entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking with newsmen in Calabar recently, the speaker said the continuous stay at
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)not to end the ongoing strike if the federal government is not ready to shift ground on its agreement it signed with the Union in 2009. Cross River State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Njom Nyambi stated this during an
by crossriverwatcch admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor James Epoke has said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU has disrupted the academic calendar of the institution which was planned to end by September 2013. Epoke who spoke in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch said the strike
by crossriverwatch admin An education activist, Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko has described the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as inimical to the upbringing of Nigerian student s and has called on the Ministry of Education and the Nigerian University Commission, NUC, to resort to an alternative system of education