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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday gave conditions that must be satisfied before calling off its nine months old strike. The lecturers said they did not reach any understanding with the government to suspend the strike on December 9, 2020. The President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made the clarification in a statement entitled: ‘Why the strike has not been suspended. He said the union representatives only told FG’s delegation that it would take the government’s offer to the branches through the various organs of the union and report back According to him, there was nothing in the government offer of November 27, 2020, to suggest that conclusion as allegedly claimed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. He said, “The leadership of ASUU has been inundated with enquiries on why the ongoing strike action has not been suspended. This was sequel to the widely reported claims by some government agents that all the demands of ASUU have been met and that t...

 Prof. Na’Allah, who disclosed that a total of 14,307 certificates of people that graduated from the school were ready for collection, called on graduates of the university to come forward for them. The certificates, he said, were for those who graduated from the school between 1994 and 2019

Against the backdrop of frequent strikes by university lecturers thus disrupting academic calendars, the authorities of the University of Abuja, have developed a virtual classroom system The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, while disclosing the introduction of the new teaching method at a press conference, Wednesday, in Abuja, tasked the nation’s other universities to embrace the technology. According to him, strikes by lecturers should not prevent universities from going ahead with academic activities, saying the world has moved beyond such a situation He explained that the institution developed an effective and trustworthy virtual teaching system for its students, to ensure the process of teaching and learning was not disrupted presently and in the future At the event meant to brief journalists of programmes and innovations his administration introduced despite the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,Prof. Na’Allah...

Thomas Kehinde, a 400 level Computer Science Student of the Federal University Lokoja, has decried the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that both the union and the government are playing games with the lives and future of Nigerian youths. Kehinde, in an exclusive interview with an Online news Outlet on Wednesday, said the ASUU strike has turned him into an emergency newspaper vendor just to survive with the harsh economy of the country Kehinde who is from Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State told the news corespondent that his parent feed from hand to mouth just to see him through school so he can actualise his dream of becoming a great computer scientist. According to him, his hopes of graduating from the University in his four years course in 2020 has been dashed by the tussle between the Federal Government and the Academic union. He pointed out that he decided to venture into the newspaper vending business so as not to seat a...

The NECO Registrar, Mr Godswill Obioma, in a statement on Tuesday disclosed that the papers would be taken during the Senior School Certificate Examination holding between February 1 and March 3, 2021 Parents, school owners and students on Tuesday lamented after the National Examinations Council said the missed papers during the just concluded NECO exams would hold in February 2021 The NECO Registrar, Mr Godswill Obioma, in a statement on Tuesday disclosed that the papers would be taken during the Senior School Certificate Examination holding between February 1 and March 3, 2021.

The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities continue The NANS president said this while speaking on a news network outlet, (PUNCH) Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He lamented that the ongoing strike is the longest industrial action embarked on by the university lecturers. According to him, NANS would engage the Federal Government representatives and ASUU leaders to find a lasting solution to resolve the stalemate in negotiations between the two arms The NANS president said after consultation with the two parties and should the strike not be called off as soon as possible, NANS would move in and shut down all tertiary institutions in the country

THE Federal Government on Wednesday postponed the negotiation meeting earlier scheduled today with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU The postponement was contained in a message from Mr. Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Laboru and Employment. According to the message, “The Meeting between ASUU and the Federal Government earlier scheduled for today (Wednesday) by 3pm has been postponed. Thank you for your understanding.” ASUU has been on strike since March this year over the nonpayment of Earned Academic Allowances, non provision of revitalisation fund among others. Recently the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige had announced that government had agreed to make available N70 billion for Earned Allowances which include other three University based unions and the revitalisation fund. The Minister on Tuesday said that the Federal Government has kept its promises with the university teachers, adding that the government had faithfully complied with ...