FG vows to tackle decay in education sector – Tribune
November 24, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Federal Government, on Monday, blamed the decay in the education sector on long years of neglect and mismanagement of the nation’s scarce resources, promising to tackle the issues headlong.
This is coming just as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the union was not opposed to the conduct of the new Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination (JAMB), but called on the Federal Government to amend the relevant laws that would give legal support to the conduct of the UTME.
Amaechi demands relocation of ex-militants’ camp – The Nation
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday demanded the relocation of the former militants’ rehabilitation camp at Aluu, near the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), over reported cases of assault, rape, looting and disruption of academic activities.
Opposition mounts against anti-students’ union bill – The Guardian
November 18, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Protests yesterday trailed a bill designed to regulate the activities of students’ unions in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The bill is undergoing public hearing in the House of Representatives.
When passed into law, the bill, jointly sponsored by 27 lawmakers, will empower Governing Councils to regulate the activities of students’ unions in their schools.
NBA urges ASUU, Fed Govt to honour agreement – The Nation
October 27, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to keep faith with the agreement they signed after a protracted industrial dispute.
ASUU strike: UNILORIN wants compensation for abstaining – Vanguard
October 26, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The ProChancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Ilorin, Alhaji Tukur Mani, has charged the Federal Government to compensate staff of the institution for their refusal to participate in all strike actions called by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in these past years.
Govt., ASUU sign accord – The Guardian
October 22, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
After more than eight years in the trenches and no fewer than four strikes, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday signed the agreement, which was initiated in 2001 between the two parties. The agreement was signed at the boardroom of the National Universities Commission.
FG/ASUU in crucial talks – ASUU may call off strike today – Tribune
October 16, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
One week after the suspension of the about four-month-old industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the renegotiation between the ASUU and the Federal Government to resolve and fine-tune the grey areas of the draft agreement commenced on Thursday, in Abuja.
ASUU to suspend strike today – The Nation
October 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
University teachers may suspend their strike today, 109 days after it started, it emerged yesterday.
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, will make public today the decision on the strike.
Strike: Oshiomhole is a traitor – Varsity worker – As ASUU calls off strike for 2 weeks – Tribune
October 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
The 111-day-old strike declared by unions in the nation’s tertiary institutions, which has now been called off for two weeks by one of the unions —Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) — took a new twist on Thursday when former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress and governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was disowned by three of the four unions involved in the strike.
ASUU Strike: Yar’Adua Seeks Oshiomhole’s Intervention – Thisday
September 23, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has sought the intervention of Edo State Governor Adams Oshimohole to help in resolving the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which had put university students at home since June.
