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Agreement with ASUU to release N15.4bn for salary shortfalls (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Federal Government has reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the on-going industrial action.   Addressing journalists on Monday evening after the meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the majority...

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ASUU meeting ends positively as union promises to end strike by weekend. This was posted by NANS official page on Twitter. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Meanwhile, lets await official info from ASUU Tweet #LumidysBlog ...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the lingering strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as a threat to its preparations for the conduct of the 2019 general elections. Speaking at a one-day workshop on Gender Sensitive Reporting of Elections on Thursday in Abuja, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education...

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The Federal Government has said that talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have so far been fruitful, expressing optimism that the ongoing strike by the university teachers, will soon be called off. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, this is predicated on the FG’s consideration of some of ASUU’s demands, including the submission of the union’s...

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that it is suspending its indefinite nationwide strike. The strike ran for 1 month and 2 days. The suspension of the strike was announced on Monday evening, after the union met with a government delegation led by Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige. A memorandum of understanding was signed by both parties, and Ngige said, after the...

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it was not in a position to determine whether an end to its ongoing strike is in sight. ASUU Chairman, University of Abuja chapter, Dr. Ben Ugheoke, said this on Wednesday in an interview with Lumidy TV  in Abuja. Recall that the lecturers, penultimate week embarked on industrial action over the failures of the...

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says it is ready to negotiate with government toward ending its one-week old industrial action. Its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was guest on TVC News Breakfast show on Tuesday, also advised government to establish an education bank for proper funding of universities. He regretted the attitude of government to the university lecturers’ demands, saying that...

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