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The Management of the University of Abuja has appealed to all law-abiding students to not partake in disrupting the 2019/2020 Academic Calendar, considering the amount of time lost to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and COVID-19 pandemic. The institution said it was putting all necessary measures in place to address issues raised by its students regarding their academic programmes. The school’s appeal came on the heels of protest by its students on Monday over alleged injustice to them by its authorities. The students had barricaded the entrance to the university’s permanent site, demanding the opening of the school’s portal, review of the school’s fees as well as allowing students to pay their fees without the imposition of the deadline Oladeji Adebolawale, President, Students Union Government, SUG, of the institution, who led the protest explained that “We are here this morning to show our displeasure through a peaceful protest with no violence. For the ...

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU), said at the weekend that there is no going back on the strike declared by the unions over the welfare of their members and the poor state of the university system The unions have also commenced mobilisation and sensitisation of their members nationwide and warned that the strike would commence on Friday if the Federal Government failed to address their demands and arrest the looming industrial unrest . The unions, under the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of SSANU and NASU, had declared a nationwide strike to commence on Friday, February 5, 2021, following the resolutions of their members during congresses held across the branche It is in line with the resolution of our members nationwide, that the leadership of the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU hereby resolve that members of NASU and SSANU shall embark on an indefinite, comprehensiv...