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N40 billion conundrum Daily Trust reports that part of the agreements the government reached with ASUU at Tuesday’s meeting was to release N40 billion as the Earned Allowance and N30bn for the revitalization of the university system bringing the total payment to N70 billion. Reacting to the sharing formula of the N40bn, the President of NAAT, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma said anyone thinking that the non-teaching staff unions in the universities would resume with the recent development was day-dream...

Views: Visits 66 The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has finally called off its 10-month-old strike, bringing an end to the prolonged strike which began in March 2020. This development was announced by the National President of the ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, at a briefing of the union in Abuja on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. He explained that the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council (NEC). The decision to suspend the strike action came after the...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that it will address a press conference on the outcome of its negotiations with the federal government today (Wednesday). THISDAY gathered that the union plans to use the opportunity to formally make a statement suspending its nine-month-old industrial action, as well as give details of the agreement reached with the federal government over their demands. The decision to suspend the strike action came after the federal...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru NON teaching staff in the universities have vowed not to go back to work if the Federal Government fails to correct the alleged imbalance in the sharing formula of the about N40 billion Earned Allowances. It was alleged that the government gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, about 75 percent of the Earned Allowances leaving 25 percent for the other three unions of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union of Edu...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru NON teaching staff in the universities have vowed not to go back to work if the Federal Government fails to correct the alleged imbalance in the sharing formula of about N40 billion Earned Allowances. It was alleged that the government gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, about 75 percent of the Earned Allowances leaving 25 percent for the other three unions of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educati...

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...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said that the lingering dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government will be resolved at the end of Tuesday (Today) meeting. The minister’s optimism confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report that ASUU had agreed to suspend its strike if three major conditions were met. The conditions include, immediate payment of at least two months salary arrears while the remaining will be ...

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...

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...