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The ASUU in a statement released on Thursday morning said it was also disturbed by the news of employment racketeering perpetrated through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday affirmed the recognition of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). as trade unions
The ASUU president also urged the government to do so and find a safe landing for the nation’s future leaders.
In a statement signed by the National PRO, Giwa Temitope and released on Saturday, NANS declared that the government’s action is “insensitive” and “embarrassing”.
The organisation made the call during the two-day MSSNLagos Annual Conference, which ended late Sunday at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Friday disbursed scholarships to 10 indigent students studying different courses in Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS).
The union said the move was inimical and a major setback toward the growth and development of university education in Nigeria.
The commission spoke in a statement by the Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, Dr. Noel Saliu, on Friday in Abuja.
The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities.
The President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made the demand when he appeared on a Channels TV programme.
This is contained in a release signed by the Chairman, UI Chapter of ASUU, Prof. Ayo Akinwole in Ibadan on Thursday.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Benedict Kanyip declared that ASUU was not entitled to salary during the period it embarked on strike.
Ishaya said this at the 22nd National Delegates Conference of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held Friday in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
ASUU filed the suit against the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Trade Unions ( RTU).
J. U. K. Igwe (SAN), counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education, are the claimants in the suit.
This follows a permission by the ASUU national body to the state branch to embark on the action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing workers salaries.
The National Industrial Court has declared as valid the Minister of Labour and Employment’s referral to the court in the matter with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The student body described him as one who is tested and trusted with the best plan for education in the State.
The claimants, Federal government and the Minister of Education, had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022 over the then strike, for interpretation and application of some Trade Dispute Act (TDA).