ASUU May Embark On Another Strike

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Another strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is imminent as there is fear over the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the federal government.
Indications emerged as the national treasurer of ASUU, Dr Tunde Aremu, while speaking at a luncheon held in honour of media for their roles in the last strike in Ibadan yesterday, disclosed that government was yet to release the N220 billion for 2014-2018 programmes.

FG has not Fulfill Agreement -ASUU

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has revealed that it is yet to receive allocations which were agreed upon last year with the Federal Government.

This was disclosed by the National President of the union, Dr. Nasir Fagge on Monday.

Fagge explained that the Minister for Education, Nyesom Wike, who is the head of the implementation committee, is always busy and this has prevented him(Wike) from having regular meetings with the union.

ASUU Gives Food Items, Money To Members

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branch of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, is distributing food items and cash among its members to cushion the effect of spending five months without salary.

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ASUU: We are not aware of any N200 billion

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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Dr. Nasir Fagge Issa, this morning disclosed that his union was not aware of the payment of N200b into an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by the Federal Government, as demanded by the striking lecturers. 

Dr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs had on a television programme this morning declared that government had paid the N200b demanded by ASUU into an account with the CBN and asked why ASUU has not deemed it fit to call off the six-month old strike.
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Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) sacks all academic staff

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For failure to come back to classrooms, the Senate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has sacked all academic staff on its payroll with immediate effect. The sack order was made known by the Public Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution, Mr Chike Ezenwa, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in Owerri, through telephone.

In accordance with him, the senate of the university had declared most of the positions of academic staff in the institution, adding that they would be advertised beginning Monday, December 2.

The senate council, he explained, had already compiled the set of vacant positions in the college, adding that who were ready to resume would be adequately protected..

ASUU: University of Port Harcourt To Resume Activities, Date Announced

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Management of the University of Port Harcourt has announced December 9th as resumption date for academic activities in the institution.  It was made known after an extra-ordinary Senate meeting held on Tuesday.

Deputy Registrar, Information, of the University, Dr. William Wordi told DailyPost that the management of the institution found it reasonable to end the 5-month old strike in the interest of the students.
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ASUU leaders adamant on strike.

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Following threats from the Federal Government, leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday relocated from Abuja to their various campuses in readiness for expected crackdown.

It was gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan might no longer be directly involved in negotiation with the lecturers because he is angry with ASUU leaders for three reasons, namely their contempt for the office of the President, their decision to issue new conditions and their alleged backing by some external forces.

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University Of Abuja To Re-Open December 1.

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After the Federal Government issued this morning the directive ordering all Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities to re-open their universities for academic activities, the management of the University of Abuja has directed its students to resume academic activities on Sunday, the first of December. The statement was this morning signed by the University registrar. Telephone calls  the university's ASUU chairman Dr. Clement Chup to respond to the directive was not answered.

ASUU Plans To End Strike in 2014 – UNILAG Faction; Minister Condemns Union’s Demands

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Students, any more hope this year, as in universities under ASUU to resume?? Because according to ASUU |"things are not smiling as it is" read the full story from tribune

    THE Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is planning to end the ongoing five-month strike mid-January next  year, a faction of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter alleged on Monday.
    The faction, however, insisted that the closure of Nigerian universities by the lecturers must end this week.
    Leader of the faction, Dr Adeyemi Daramola, a lecturer in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts accused the body of assuming oracular posture on the strike.

Minister Condemns ASUU's Needs, Calls It Extravagant

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Following the recent meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, supervising minister and minister of state for education, Barr Nyesom Wike, on Monday condemned the new conditions which the union insists must be met before a truce could be achieved.
The minister expressed this view while meeting with state commissioners of education in Abuja. He confirmed that ASUU had given new conditions to call off its four-month-old strike.
According to him, "ASUU has given new conditions, after they had an agreement with President Goodluck Jonathan at the villa."
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Iyayi’s Burial: ASUU Bars Government Officials from participating.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has barred government officials from participating in the burial programmes of its former president, Festus Iyayi.
The union is also demanding that an autopsy be performed on the corpse of Iyayi, to determine the actual cause of death.
The autopsy demand followed controversy over the actual cause of the death of the late ASUU activist.
A statement issued by the UNIBEN ASUU chapter, stated: "Professor Festus Iyayi did not just die in an accident but that he was willfully murdered by the state and its agents."
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Latest On ASUU Strike: Lecturers Need Four Month Pay

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The authority of the Academic staff Union of University, ASUU, has said that the 4month previous affect could only be called off if the federal government gives them their four month salary arrears considering that the inception of the affect in addition to the total implementation of the N1.2trillion federal govt planned funding for Public universities with the quick release of N100billion this year. The residual N1.1trillion would be spread for 5 years.

ASUU' conditions to End National Strike. (Read)

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it will  not  suspend its ongoing strike  until the four months salaries owed its members are paid.

The union also wants the immediate implementation of the N1.2tn offer by the Federal Government to public universities, starting with the release of N100bn this year. The balance of N1.1tn is to be spread over five years from 2014.

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Again, ASUU leaders meet, set to suspend strike

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There is strong indication that academic activities may resume in the nation's public universities early in a few days, our source has gathered. Members of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities again converged on Kano to deliberate on whether to call off their over four months old industrial action or not.

"ASUU NEC Meeting Not Postponed Indefinitely"

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The Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Dr Lawan Abubakar has described the media reports that the union had postponed its National Executive Committee meeting indefinitely as false and speculative.
This is even while he dismissed the claim that the union had accepted the N1.3 trillion made available from the Federal Government, saying "what the union is agitating for is the total implementation of the 2009 agreement and nothing less."
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ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: ASUU’s NEC Meeting Still Indefinite

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The ASUU leader of University of Ibadan, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye has denied reports claiming the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU was to hold it's National Executives Committee meeting yesterday as False.

According to him he claimed that there was no plan for such meeting.  Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye claimed that the report which made rounds on Saturday, that the National Executive Council, NEC, would hold an emergency meeting in Kano, were false.

ASUU Strike: Full list of Varsities That Voted To End/Continue Strike

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Some Nigerian universities have on Monday voted to end the over 4-month old strike.

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ASUU leaders chase Kogi gov away from hospital.

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Angry leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly chased away the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) from the emergency ward of the  Lokoja General Hospital on Tuesday.

Wada had gone to the hospital  to visit their  injured colleague, Dr. Ngozi Ilo,   and commiserate with them over the death of their  former President, Prof. Festus Iyayi,   in an accident involving his convoy  and an ASUU vehicle on Tuesday.

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ASUU CONGRESS: UNIJOS lecturers voted for continuation of strike

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Lecturers at the University of Jos have voted for continuation of the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the country. Chairman of the chapter, Dr. David Jankam who made this known on Monday while speaking with THE NATION shortly after the congress of the chapter said members did not see any substance in the dialogue with the federal government to warrant calling off the strike.

ASUU Strike Called Off! Students To Resume On Nov. 18

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A source close to top guns in the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that lecturers will ditch their four month old strike this weekend so students could resume on November 18 (next Monday).