The demands itemised by the union include non-implementation of the 2021 Memorandum of Action; increased funding for the university, non-payment of accumulated Earned Academic Allowances, non-institutionalisation of training for sponsorship of academic staff for higher degrees, and many others.
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The newly-elected President of NANS, Umar Faruq-Lawal, made the call in Abuja when he spoke with newsmen.
The PTA National President, Alhaji Danjuma Haruna, dismissed the claim in a statement made available to journalists Friday in Kaduna.
The Ministry disclosed this in a press statement issued by its Director of Press and Media Relations, Ben Goong, on Thursday.
The Academic Staff Unions of Universities has finally suspended its the three months old strike.
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to work towards ending the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has threatened that it would sanction some university Vice-Chancellors who may have been “uncooperative” in the ongoing strike by the lecturers.
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter has called for urgent intervention in resolving the disputes that led to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs urging them to “prevail upon the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
The All Progressives Congress in Diaspora has urged the Federal Government to kick start the process of implementing agreements with striking university lecturers.
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Setonji David, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to change the habit of paying lip service to the education sector, in the interest of national growth and development.
Chukwu said that this had become necessary in order to prevent disruption in the academic calendar of universities in the country.
Amarachi Okafor of the Department of Psychology urged the Federal Government to dialogue with ASUU not to allow the strike snowballed into an indefinite one
ASUU had on Monday announced plans to embark on a one-week warning strike over the inability of government to implement agreements reached with it since 2009
Their question before physically manhandling some of the journalists was: “Who invited these stupid people?”
NAN correspondent who visited the campus further reports that lecture theatres and lecturer’s offices were still under lock and key
The President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, who was represented by Prof. Olorunyomi Oju, a don, disclosed this at the 2013 World Human Rights Day celebration on Tuesday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital
Chris Uyot, the Acting General Secretary of the union, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja that the union had written a letter to the Presidency
Some of the students who spoke with NAN expressed dismay that academic activities had yet to commence in the university
But this was not to be as they waited endlessly for a directive from the school when none of the lecturers turned up
Saheed said that the union was dissatisfied with the manner the university’s Governing Council was handling the strike