The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its nationwide strike, and announced resumption of academic activities from Friday, February 8, 2019. The strike began in November 2018, and was aimed at ensuring better funding for universities. The decision to suspend the strike was reached after a meeting with the Nigerian government on Thursday. […]
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NLC rejects N27,000 minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of State on Tuesday. Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC General Secretary, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the council has no jurisdiction determining another amount after […]
We will suspend strike if government pays us N220b -ASUU
The Federal government promises to pay ASUU N15.4b, but the union says the ongoing strike won’t be suspended except FG pays N220bn. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the Federal Government money offer to end the ongoing strike saying it is far from its demands. ASUU is demanding a sum of N220 […]
NANS asks ASUU to suspend strike after reaching agreement with government
Following the agreement between Federal Government and lecturers, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend the ongoing strike. On Monday, January 7, 2019, the Federal Government reached an agreement with the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a meeting between […]