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The federal government has scheduled another talk with members of the non-teaching staff of universities. The meeting is to try and resolve the raging dispute between unions in the university system, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the sharing formula for the N40 billion Earned Allowances recently approved by the federal government. SSAN...

President of Academic Staff Union of Universities( ASUU), Prof 'Biodun Ogunyemi has described the recent approval of provisional licences by the Federal

Share As many public universities in the country have commenced academic activities, particularly via online after about 10 months industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has assured the students and school authorities as well as the public of giving their best of service that will not compromise quality. President of ASUU, Professor ‘Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the assurance in an exclusive interview with Tribune Online. He said now that ASUU members had returned to the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said Vice-Chancellors and bursars of some universities are hindering the smooth disbursement of the union’s share of the N40bn earned allowance. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, had recently said the N40bn earned allowance had been paid to the universities’ account, adding that out of the N40bn, ASUU has N30bn as earned academic allowance while the non-teaching staff has N10bn as earned ...

Ministry orders vice-chancellors to start with classes Ben Goong, spokesperson for the ministry, confirmed the decision to University World News, but it has not been welcomed by everyone in the higher education sector. The government’s confirmation of the restart of educational activities on 18 January was met with opposition on several fronts. Staff and students are anxious as five professors, including a former vice-chancellor, have reportedly died due to COVID-19, according to local media...

FINALLY, the Federal Government last week gave the go ahead that schools at all levels could reopen from January 18 after days of pressur

Share President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor ‘Biodun Ogunyemi, has revealed that not all ASUU members will benefit from the Federal Government approved N40 billion Earned Academic Allowance to university workers. He said the allowances covered only seven items under the 2009 Federal Government and ASUU agreement, which he said were strictly for lecturers whose duties fell under those assignments. Professor Ogunyemi gave this hint in an exclusive interview with...

•Lagos schools to run second term for 61 days •Arrest fake vaccines’ peddlers, NMA tells FG Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan As learning institutions reopen today, concerns continue to rise following an insistence by teachers that necessary measures have not been put in place in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Consequently, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Ser...

•Other subsidiaries post impressive results Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan As learning institutions reopen today, concerns continue to rise following an insistence by teachers that necessary measures have not been put in place in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Consequently, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services has called on the federal government to postpo...

Vice Chancellors of some federal and state universities and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were at daggers drawn yesterday over resumption of universities in the face of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.