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  Nigerian government says ASUU demands can’t be met now Three months after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended its nine-month strike, the union may decide to shut down universities again. The union recently issued a notice saying another industrial action was imminent because the Federal Government has failed to fulfil its agreement with the union. In December 2020, the union suspended its nine-month strike after the Federal Government agreed to address lecturers’ demands on revitalisation of public universities, salary shortfall, neglect and poor funding of state universities among others. But in an interview with a national daily the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba criticised the union’s plan to embark on another industrial action, saying it is a disservice to the students. Nwajiuba said the FG can’t fulfil some of ASUU’s demands now because it’s been difficult for the government to run the lives of over 200 million people with less th...

  High-powered Federal Government negotiating team will be meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday in a bid to secure an agreement to call off the nine months old indefinite strike by university lecturers. A notice of the meeting signed by the Deputy Director/Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Charles Akpan, and made available to newsmen Thursday said that the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will be meeting with members of ASUU on Friday. The statement said the meeting was scheduled for the Minister’s Conference Room by 11am. Although, the agenda of the meeting was not indicated, there was a statement that went viral on Wednesday, stating that ASUU has suspended its indefinite strike. However, credible sources from both ASUU and federal government have described the strike suspension statement as fake. Newsmen investigations gathered that tomorrow’s meeting was convened by the federal government to try to end the indefinite s...

  The hopes of the University students to return to schools soon may have been dashed as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government (FG) has not demonstrated any willingness to end the strike as it has refused to meet any of its demands to warrant students resumption despite various engagements. The union particularly accused the FG of peddling lies and misinforming the public about the demands of ASUU in order to paint the union black in the eyes of the stakeholders. Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Ibadan zone comprising the University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osun State University and Kwara State University, Professor Ade Adejumo said this at a press conference in Ilorin on Wednesday. Chairpersons in the Zone in attendance were Prof Moyosore Ajao, ASUU, UNILORIN, Prof Ayoola Akinwole ASUU, UI, Dr Biodun Olaniran – ASUU, LAUTECH, Dr Femi Abanikanda ASUU,UNIOSUN and Dr Dauda Adeshola ASUU, KWASU. ...

  The University of Ibadan has graduated a total of 854 students out of which a total of 528 students graduated with first degrees in various disciplines across all faculties. 220 persons were awarded Master degrees, 89 postgraduate diplomas were awarded while 37 candidates were awarded Doctor of Philosophy Degrees, PhDs. Also, the university was ranked 401 in the first 500 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education for 2021, despite challenges of funding. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Abel Idowu Olayinka, who stated this at the 72nd foundation day celebration of the University on Tuesday, said honorary degrees and fellowships were also conferred on Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma, Dr Olaywola Francis, Chief Mrs. Comfort Ayodele Idowu and Mr. John G. According to him: “A total of 528 students graduated with first degrees in various disciplines across all faculties of the institution, while 220 persons were awarded Master degrees. “89 postgraduate diplomas were...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the federal government would meet all agreements with unions in the educational sector. Buhari gave the assurance while expressing concern over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He appealed to the lecturers to return to their duty posts. The President spoke at the 2020 convocation and 72nd founding day celebration of the University of Ibadan, on Tuesday. Buhari was represented at the ocassion by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed. He urged all unions in the educational sector to embrace dialogue, rather than confrontation. “I wish to assure all stakeholders, in the education sector, that the Federal Government will continue to meet its obligations and agreements with all unions. “It is my earnest desire that all unions should shed the toga of confrontation and embrace dialogue, for the sake of our children and the development of our educationa...

The Education Right Campaign has urged parents and students to prepare for a nationwide protest over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was contained in a press statement by ERC’s Deputy National Coordinator, Ogunjimi Isaac Ayobami, and ERC National Mobilisation Officer, Michael Lenin, on Tuesday. The statement was titled, ‘ASUU strike: ERC calls on FG to meet ASUU demands so that the universities can be re-opened… Calls on students and parents to embark on nationwide protests and demonstrations to compel government to fund public education’. The group accused the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, of making false promises that the strike would end soon. It read in part, “From our own understanding, the picture painted by the Minister which gives the impression that the federal government has nearly met all of ASUU demands is patently false, deliberately misleading and mischievous. “We want to put on record that it is this kind of distastef...