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Welcome To Ladun Liadis Blog Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Asuu Strike: Varsities to reopen next month, says Ngige ACADEMIC activities in public varsities will resume next month, Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige has assured. His assurance followed the outcome of the Federal Government negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at last Thursday’s parley. According to the minister, parties will be back at the negotiating table today to resume d...

Views: Visits 34 Nigeria government said it is optimistic that public universities will reopen in January 2021 after an 11-month industrial strike action. Nigeria’s labour and employment minister Chris Ngige said the government has already met 98% of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership. “We have met about 98 per cent of the request of ASUU,” Ngige said in a statement. “Some five to two per cent is what you can call promissory notes. “We d...

Dec 22, 2020 From left, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and ASUU president, Biodun Ogunyemi Share THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has dismissed as baseless and dishonest, the statement by the University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), led by Dr. Maigoro, that he (Ngige) is responsible for the prolonged nationwide strike by the Union. Rather, the minister blamed ASUU for the prolong...

ASUU Strike: FG, ASUU mum after another meeting The meeting was expected to lead to the call off of the strike but apparently ended without meeting that objective. 3 min read The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday declined to disclose the outcome of their meeting over the nine-month long strike by Nigerian university teachers. The meeting was expected to lead to the call off of the strike but apparently ended without meeting that o...

The Federal Government has announced that it has started plans to review the present labour laws of the country to boost it in line with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, in a meeting with the Deputy Chief Mission of the United States in Nigeria, Kathleen FitzGibbon, and Labour Attaché, Carolyn Parker. Ngige said that Nigeria was amending her labour laws to global standards and the review wou...

Strike: We Have Done Everything Possible To Please ASUU—Labour Minister The minister, in a statement by his Media Officer, said only ASUU leaders could tell why members were yet to return to the classroom to the frustration of students and their parents. by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 18, 2020 Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday, said the Federal Government had done everything possible to please the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end its protract...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has again blamed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the delay in resolving its prolonged industrial action. Ngige dismissed as baseless and dishonest, the statement by the University of Jos chapter of ASUU that he was responsible for the prolonged nationwide strike, now in its ninth month. According to him, ASUU should rather be held responsible for the delay in resolving the dispute. A statement by Ngi...

We have met all ASUU demands, Nigerian govt says The Federal government urges ASUU to be patriotic, saying facts on ground do no longer support its strike. 4 min read The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has released the statement below saying the Federal government had met all demands that triggered the ongoing strike by the READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW. PRESS RELEASE FACTS SPEAK AGAINST ASUU’S CONTINUED STRIKE – FG Sen. Chris Ngige Media Office has dismi...

…Tasks union on patriotism By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has dismissed as baseless the statement by the University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that he was responsible for the prolonged nationwide strike by the union. The Minister in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja on Thursday said “ it is rather ASUU which has bluntly refused to reciprocate the Federal Government offers by refusing to e...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday, said the Federal Government had done everything possible to please the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end its protracted strike that had paralysed academic activities in universities for about 10 months. The minister, in a statement by his Media Officer, said only ASUU leaders could tell why members were yet to return to the classroom to the frustration of students and their parents. He dism...