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 […]
The Academic staff union of universities ASUU plateau state University Bokkos about four days ago declared a total strike. The strike started on Friday 15/01/2020. The union Chairperson who spoke to VPN revealed that for over three years the Union has been trying to engage government on sundry issues that bother on the […]
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 […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent directive he gave to the Accountant General of the Federation to include university lecturers in the Integrated Payroll Personnel System . National Auditor of the Union, Comrade Christ Piwuna made this known during a public lecture organized by the […]
ByAbdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik, PhD.Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. I read a statement from Lauretta Onochie that “President Buhari will be remembered as the man that stopped incessant strikes in our universities. I don’t know whether to cry for Nigeria for the sort of people we have in government or cry for President Buhari for the sort […]
The Bauchi zone of ASUU are blaming the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff of Universities . The union made its position today through a press conference held at the ASUU Secteriat University of Jos. The statement was read by the Bauchi Zonal coordinator in […]
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 […]
For many years now the ideological nature of political struggle in Nigeria has been systematically suppressed by the Nigerian press. When Nigeria politics is written about, it is in the misleadingly crude terms of power struggles between political parties . Or sometimes, the reportage is about […]
The Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students Zone A has faulted the Federal Government over the lingered industrial dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities which climaxed with a Nationwide strike by the Union. NANS regrets that Nigeria despite its ranking in Africa has been unable to meet up with […]
The barrage of opinions on traditional and social media on the seven-month long strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is hardly surprising, since it is an important issue touching the lives of many Nigerians, students, parents and many other Nigerians. That it is also an emotional issue is evident from […]
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