The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that the federal government’s proposal to phase out the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) by 2030 will destroy public tertiary institutions and education in the country. The union argues that such a move would not only negate the efforts invested in establishing TETFund but would also…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for the utilisation of backlog of unspent funds allocated to tertiary education. ASUU warned that the continued stagnation of these resources could hinder the growth and development of the nation’s tertiary institutions. This came as Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, engaged stakeholders at a one-day strategic…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned that most Nigerian universities are currently on the verge of collapsing following “unbearable cost of electricity”. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke on Thursday during the opening session of a two-day national conference convened by the union in Abuja, said the electricity bills of some…
The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), originally scheduled for today, has been postponed. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke confirmed the postponement on Monday, stating that the meeting, which was initially announced by the Minister of Education last Friday, will now take place on Wednesday, August 28. No…
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government will be meeting on Monday to address the demands of the university teachers and forestall impending strike.The union had on Wednesday issued a 21-day strike notice to the government asking the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to address all unresolved matters obstructing…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU, Bauchi branch, staged a protest on Thursday, urging President Bola Tinubu to facilitate the immediate implementation of the Prof Nimi Briggs Committee’s agreement on renegotiating salaries for academic staff at federal universities. The ASUU members marched from their secretariat within the…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Allied Institutions (NASU) staged a protest on Tuesday over the Federal Government’s decision to withhold their salaries for the past four months. Comrade Alasan Abdullahi, NASU Chairman at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), disclosed this after the protest…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared that the union will not stand idly by and allow the university system in Nigeria to be destroyed by both the federal and state governments. ASUU Chairman of the University of Ibadan chapter, Professor Ayo Akinwole, made this declaration when he led other members of the…
