The Federal Government has begun implementing key welfare provisions from its renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), including a 40% increase in salary-related allowances. In a statement released by the Ministry of Education on Monday, Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa confirmed that the increment took effect on January 1, 2026, and that […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike. Chris Piwuna, president of ASUU, addressed the press on Wednesday after an overnight national executive council (NEC) meeting that ended at 4:00 am. ASUU had embarked on a warning strike on October 13 over its dissatisfaction with the federal government’s response to […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given a four-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or risk a shutdown by the labour unions. NLC President Joe Ajaero said this in Abuja on Monday following a meeting of the union and leaders of tertiary institutions’ […]
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately resume negotiations to end the ongoing two-week warning strike declared by the union. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Oluwaseun Whinghan, member representing Badagry Federal Constituency of […]
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to promptly resume negotiations aimed at ending the union’s ongoing two-week warning strike. This call followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Hon. Oluwaseun Whinghan, who represents the Badagry Federal Constituency of Lagos […]
The Federal Government on Sunday night threatened to invoke the no-work-no-pay policy on the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement issued by Folasade Boriowo, the spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Education, the ministry accused ASUU of not being cooperative despite efforts by the government to avert the strike that was declared by […]
Barring any last-minute intervention, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced plans to commence a two-week nationwide warning strike starting Monday, October 13, 2025, to press home its long-standing demands from the Federal Government. The decision was contained in a memo titled “Strike Bulletin One,” issued to all ASUU branches on Monday in […]
The Academic Staff Union of the University of Abuja Zone has called on the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement and release their three-and-a-half months’ withheld salaries to avoid a strike. The Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Abuja Zone, Prof. Al-Amin Abdullahi, made the call during a news conference on Monday in Abuja. “There is a […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned of a possible nationwide strike, accusing the Federal Government of failing to honour longstanding agreements on the revitalisation and proper funding of Nigeria’s public universities. Speaking during a press conference at the University of Jos on Thursday, ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, said lecturers have endured over […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised concerns about the selection of the vice-chancellors of universities, citing the VC selection process at Alvan Ikoku University of Education, Owerri, Imo State. The union expressed dismay that universities had been turned into commodities for politicians and contractors, rather than promoting merit and scholarship for which […]
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