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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a four-week ultimatum to conclude all ongoing negotiations with unions in the country’s tertiary education sector. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, issued the ultimatum on Monday during an interactive session with labour correspondents in Abuja, following a meeting with leaders of…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reassured students and stakeholders that the ongoing ASUU warning strike will not affect its operations or student loan disbursement processes. Speaking Tuesday on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, NELFUND Managing Director and CEO, Akintunde Sawyerr, said the Fund remains fully operational despite the…
The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), following the union’s declaration of a two-week warning strike on Monday. The decision came after a motion presented by Hon. Sesi Winghan, who represents Badagry Federal…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider its planned nationwide strike, assuring that efforts are underway to address the union’s outstanding demands. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, confirmed that the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria, warning of an impending nationwide industrial action if longstanding issues affecting the nation’s public universities are not addressed. The announcement followed an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of ASUU held on…
The fragile peace between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) appears to be crumbling, as the union has outrightly rejected a newly proposed Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF)—a loan initiative targeting all staff of tertiary institutions, with academic staff expected to lead the uptake.…
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the lingering crisis with university-based unions, the Federal government has inaugurated its newly constituted renegotiation committee on the 2009 Agreements with the Unions. At the event in Abuja, The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman charged members to renegotiate realistic and…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’snn decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council, even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy, The PUNCH reports. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries.…
The Federal Government has yet to release the withheld salaries of university lecturers, workers, and other employees of federal polytechnics and colleges of education despite the waiver granted by the President, Bola Tinubu, checks by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Tinubu in October approved a partial waiver of the no-work-no-pay order…
