Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, Thursday, assured that the federal government would henceforth endeavour to fulfill every agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of the Universities, ASUU. While appreciating the union for its understanding of the federal government’s position to call off the strike, Rufa’i  reiterated government readiness to fulfill every agreement entered [...]

ASUU has called off its 58 day strike and instructed all lecturers to resume work tomorrow, Thursday February 2, 2012. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had met with ASUU executives and gave them some offers, these offers where discussed at the ASUU NEC meeting and the council voted to call off the strike. [...]

At a press conference in Abuja, ASUU announced the suspension of the two-month old strike action and asked its members to resume work with immediately. ASUU also said that the union will not relent in their efforts to rescue the educational system by pressing home the demands necessary at all times. The national leadership of [...]

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Update: The ASUU strike has been called off, click here for details. The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be called off tomorrow. To this end, the leadership of the union is billed to meet at the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, to review the strike and outcome of dialogue with [...]

In a speech  read on President Jonathan’s behalf by the Education Minister, Prof Ruqqayatu Rufai, at the 41st convocation of University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, the President on Saturday decried the poor ranking of Nigerian universities in Africa and in the world. According to Jonathan, the recent rankings which indicated that; “No Nigerian University is [...]

The ASUU president has stated that he is optimistic the deadlock between it and the Federal Government would be resolved before mid-February. Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie said the government’s offers to the union being studied by stakeholders. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that discussions were ongoing with the various stakeholders on [...]

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After Tuesday’s meeting with the Federal Government, the ASUU president, Prof. Ukachuwkwu Awuzie stated that the he will take back the FG’s offer to the National Executives Council (NEC) of ASUU to deliberate on it, following which a decision will be reached to suspend the strike or continue. Prof. Ukachuwkwu declined to provide the date [...]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie said last night that talks between ASUU and the Federal Government will continue this morning “to iron out a few outstanding issues” He stated this at the end of yesterday’s (Monday) meeting which lasted for about four hours. “We have had deliberations, you know [...]