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ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja. x Ogunyemi also warned that the union would return to strike without notice if the government fails in meeting its part of the agreement reached with the university lecturers. The Union chairman, however, stated that the reopening of the schools, considering the COVID-19 pandemic, lies with the Federal Government and Senate. The government and ASUU have been at l...

• Say impact on education devastating • ‘Prolonged closure will lower global rating’ • ‘Students have been disoriented’ As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended its nine-month-old strike, yesterday, professors from various institutions said the action had left colossal loss to the nation. The suspension came after ASUU and the Federal Government resolved the contentious issues that had prolonged the strike. ASUU’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, an...

Daily Post Nigeria Published 1. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday called off its industrial action. ASUU Chairman, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday, after the union’s ongoing negotiation with the Federal Government. 2. The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 on Wednesday disclosed to Nigerians that the vaccine for the deadly virus will be administered free when vaccination begins in Nigeria. National Coordinator of P...

246 Views The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it would embark on mass protest if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resumes its recently suspended strike. Advertisement called off the union’s 9-month-old strike. He, however, warned that the union would embark on another industrial action if the federal government fails to honour its agreement with it. The development has since ignited heated controversies, with many students calling out t...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students has said its members would embark on a mass protest should the Academic Staff Union of Universities resume its just suspended strike.     He said it is embarrassing and ridiculous for ASUU to threaten fresh strike after wasting the academic time of Nigerian students for nine months.   Asefon said, “It is a slap on us for ASUU to say they are calling off the strike conditionally. If they call it off conditionally, we will also put on hold our...

Experts observed that in the event the non-academic members of the university community decide to go on strike, they would make the agreement between ASUU and the government a wasted effort. ASUU had since the return of democracy in 1999 expended four years on strike, an equivalent of one term for an elected president or governor. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi Under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the union had ‘wasted’ 58 weeks on strike, meaning they had been at home for about 15...

Share THE newly elected senate president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Innocent Okafor, has promised to provide quality leadership to Nigerian youths to renew their hope as major stakeholders in nation building. Okafor, who hails from Anambra State, emerged victorious during the election held in Abuja, last week. In a statement in Awka, Okafor urged the youths to look at the future with great optimism, adding that the new leadership of NANS would ensure peaceful coexi...

Share LET me take a moment to point out that there is no authority in scripture to criticise  government but there is an obligation to pray for it. Why do Christians in Nigeria find it so hard to believe that so much depends on our praying? We believe that what goes on is beyond our control. There is nothing we can do about the government or prejudice or hatred or whatever ills we see around us. We shrug our shoulders; we criticise, we complain but we fail to pray. This is why we see moral and...

Union ends strike, commits to virtual teaching, doing extra work By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday gave insight into the deal between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that led the union to suspend its nine-month industrial action. Ngige told THISDAY that part of the agreement between the two parties during the final round of negotiations on Tuesday that preceded the suspension of the strike yesterday, ...