The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Plateau State University chapter, has declared an indefinite strike. The Chairman of ASUU in the institution, Dr Bentse Pamson told our correspondent that the decision by their members to embark on the strike was reached during their congress held in Jos on Friday. Pamson said, “We have just held […]

It is a wrong perception to label the Academic Staff Union of Universities a “nuisance” because of its agitations for an improved university system over the years. If you look carefully, you will find that our engagements with Nigerian governments since 1982 have always focused on four key elements: funding for […]

BY CHRIS GYANG That Nigeria’s public universities’ lecturers decided to start yet another strike action today may not be entirely fortuitous. The signs have been there all along. Except that that the government deliberately refused to listen to them. And the fact that it falls on the day the world, especially the youth, is celebrating […]