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The Federal Government on Wednesday stated that there was no Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) awaiting the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige said this in a statement by the Deputy Director Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Olajide Oshundun on Wednesday. Ngige noted that even when such a CBA was produced between unions and the Federal Government, it was not the President that would sign but the government side, MDAs led by the direct employer with the conciliating ministry witnessing. The Minister accused ASUU of fixing its salaries and allowances through the Nimi Briggs Committee to the exclusion of the statutory government ministries and agencies that manage the entire annual finances of government, budget and fiscal policies and the Office of the Head of Service in charge of ensuring that public service rules and regulations are not undermined in a...

 The Federal government has disclosed that it is ready to aid Nigerian students who fled from Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing war between both countries, in gaining admission into universities in Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released yesterday July 4, 2022, instructed the affected students interested in continuing their education in a Nigerian university to visit the website of the ministry at  https://foreignaffairs.gov.ng/  for assistance. This is despite the fact that academic activities in public universities in the country have been crippled for over four months following the declaration of indefinite industrial action by university workers.

  The National Examinations Council (NECO) wishes to state that it has not scheduled any examination for Saturday 9th July, 2022. This is contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the Council has scheduled examination for 9th July, 2022, which is Sallah Day (Eid- Adha). The council made this known via is twitter handle. This followed calls from Islamic group, MURIC for NECO to move exams from Sallah Day. NECO SSCE 2022: There will be no exam on Sallah day, council clarifies According to the NECO, conscious of the importance of religious festivals, the Council has always made adequate provision for such in fixing examination dates. The Council has given a whole examination free week, beginning from Friday, 8th July to Wednesday, 13th July, 2022 in the On-going Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for School based candidates to enable Muslim faithful have enough time to celebrate the festival. It would be recalled that the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE...

  ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this while speaking on Channels Television's Politics Yesterday on Monday night. Osodeke claimed an agreement had been reached with the government, but it has not been signed. According to him, ASUU's insistence on using their own generated payment platform, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS), is a key demand. "As far as ASUU is concerned, the strike can end tomorrow. "We have finished the negotiation. If the government calls us now to come and sign the agreement, we will be there tomorrow. "Let the government tell us they have finished testing the UTAS and we have accepted it, then we will call off the strike. "When will they sign the agreement? When will they accept UTAS? Those are the two questions we should ask the Nigerian government," Osodeke said.

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has challenged the federal government to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform for it to call off the ongoing strike. ASUU national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, who said this while speaking on Channels Television on Monday night, said the strike will continue unless government accept UTAS and honour the 2009 agreement. It would be recalled that the ASUU strike action, which started on February 14, 2022 has entered 140th day this Monday. ASUU has been at loggerheads with the federal government, citing the refusal of the latter to honour the 2009 agreement it entered with the The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has challenged the federal government to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform for it to call off the ongoing strike. ASUU national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, who said this while speaking on Channels Telev...

  Prof. Kabiru Bala, Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, said the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike dampens his spirit. The Don spoke on Monday at a meeting organised by the Kano Zone of ASUU. Bala noted that the industrial action has lasted 140 days, affecting the economy of host communities. He urged the government, ASUU and stakeholders to consider the effect of the strike on the citizens. Bala said Ahmadu Bello University had more than 30,000 students who spent at least N300 each on food. "We also have more than 13,000 employees each of whom has an average of three to five dependents who feed on a daily basis. "The strike also has far-reaching implications on security." Bala added that the strike was also affecting lecture theatres, classrooms and laboratories. "When I look between the ABU Senate Building and the Engineering Department complex, I feel like shedding tears as nobody is using the facilities. "These are infra...

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  President Muhammadu Buhari will soon take a decision on the controversial University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) and the condition of service for varsity teachers, Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige hinted yesterday. To guide the President in taking a decision, the inter-ministerial departments and agencies committees of the Federal Government will turn in their reports on Wednesday. The reports of the committees could bring an end to the four-month old strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Dr. Ngige dropped the hint in a statement yesterday by his ministry’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun. The striking lectures are at war over which payment platform to be adopted in public varsities between the government-approved Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and ASUU-preferred UTAS. Yesterday, Ngige said last Thursday’s meeting was with the government side and not with ASUU members as assumed by their leader...

THE Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour and employment, Sunday gave insight into why no unions in the nation's university system education were invited to last Thursday's meeting. FG stated that the meeting was to assess the progress made so far on addressing the few outstanding demands of the striking university workers, such as the contentious payment platform and the renegotiation of their conditions of service. In a statement by Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, lamented that the combative and several unfounded allegations by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU against the government, particularly, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, saying, "all insinuations that the Ministry of Labour does not sympathise with the students, unions and parents, of which the Minister is one, should be disabused It noted that "ASUU should know that we arbitrators and concili...

  THE Federal Government on Wednesday gave the assurance that its face-off with the university based unions will soon be resolved and academic activities resume in earnest The Federal Government has also denied the allegation that it was planning to create a different payment table for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This is as the government has summoned all the relevant agencies including the National Information Development Agency, NITDA to brief it on the success so far recording in resolving the contentious issues that led to the ongoing strike by the four university based unions. Recall that the public universities were shutdown on February 14 by the ASUU and the other three university based unions, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, joined in the strike over the inability of the government to addr...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has released a bulletin to update its members and the public on the progress made so far. The updates are highlighted as follows; * Our roll-over strike is 16 weeks old now. ASUU releases bulletin as strike reaches 16 weeks • As the struggle continues, members are commended for their commitment and steadfastness in the patriotic struggle for the survival of the University system in our country. • Members are particularly applauded for keeping faith with the Union in spite of the hardship imposed on our families as a result of the stoppage of salaries. You have made the statement loud and clear that we are not beggers and, as a result, hunger is an impotent instrument to break our resolve. • Our iron-cast resolve has forced the government to sit down and negotiate with us. We have had five meetings with Federal Government Team and two meetings with Minister of Education. • The renegotiation of the 2009 agreement of ASUU-FGN agreement...

  The federal government says it is worried about the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had, on February 14, declared a one month warning strike to protest the non implementation of its demands by the federal government. On March 14, the union extended the industrial action by eight weeks, citing the government's failure to fully address its demands. Subsequently, the union extended the strike by another 12 weeks. Aside from ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU), as well as the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) have also suspended services over "government insensitivity" to their demands. Speaking on Wednesday after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting, Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said the issue with the unions is not as simple as assumed. He, however, added that the issues with unive...

  The Federal Government has continued its negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as the strike by the lecturers enters its fourth month. A meeting between the striking lecturers and the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee, however, ended without a concrete agreement as members planned to reconvene within 24 hours to consider a draft agreement. Talks between both parties were held on Monday at the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A senior member of the union who attended the meeting told Channels Television that they reached some agreements with the Federal Government, but members had to break and reconvene within 24 hours to consider the new terms in the draft agreement. The Federal Government set up the committee led by Professor Briggs on March 7 with a three-month mandate to renegotiate the 2009 ASUU/Federal Government agreement. The government had tasked the committee to ensure the renegotiation brings an...

  The Federal Government has resumed talks with representatives of unions in the nation's universities, The PUNCH reports. The PUNCH reported last week that the Prof Nimi Briggs committee set up by the government to renegotiate the 2009 agreement was expected to end its three months' timelines given on June 7, 2022. But investigations revealed that the committee would meet Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today) while the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and allied institutions would have their meeting on Friday. "We are meeting the FG committee in Abuja on Monday," a source in ASUU said. The union's National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview, also told The PUNCH that meetings would resume this week. "We are resuming the meeting this week and we have an invitation this week. The renegotiation meeting will only end if we have called o...

  The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) is undergoing another round of tests by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). This is the third test being carried out on the UTAS accounting software by the government agency. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said UTAS passed over 90 per cent in the first and second tests carried out on it, but that NITDA concluded that the payment platform failed some tests. "On UTAS, we are going for a third test. Like I told you, the second one, we scored 99 per cent. The test is ongoing," he said. Mr Osodeke, who spoke on Human Rights Radio in Abuja on Saturday, also touched on several issues surrounding the ongoing strike and why the strike has lingered. ASUU had embarked on the current strike on February 14 for an initial four-week period. But following the government's failure to heed the union's requests, it has continue...

  The leadership of the Academic Staff union of universities, ASUU has rescinds its decision to brief the media this week on possible suspension of strike.ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke told ait.live exclusively via telephone, that they are also disappointed over the development. Professor Osodeke said until government gives the green light on adopting the University Transperancy and Accountability Solution, UTAS over IPPIS, it will remain on strike for as long as possible. ASUU President particularly pointed accusing fingers at the National Information Technology Development agency, NITDA a parastatal under the ministry of communications and digital economy, for deliberately frustrating the process. The ASUU President argued that contrary to public perception, "no work no pay" is already on for the lecturers, as salaries have not been paid since February, a development Professor osodeke said will only help to aggrievate the unfortunate situation. Also speaking to...

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  The Edo State Government has suspended all union activities in state institutions of higher learning following protest by students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The AAU chapter of ASUU has, however, described the state government's action as illegal. The decision to suspend the activities of the unions, which was taken at the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, is to take immediate effect. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, the affected unions include ASUU, Non Academic Staff of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Non Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and all allied unions operating in all state-owned tertiary institutions. Ogie noted that, "By this notice, academic activities are to resume in all state-owned institutions and all cadre of staff are directed to report to the...

  The Edo state government on Wednesday, June 8, during its Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting issued a directive to all state-owned tertiary institutions to resume academic activities and suspend all industrial actions embarked on. According to the Special Adviser on Media Projects to the Edo State Governor, Crusoe Osagie, all cadre of staff are expected to resume academic and non-academic activities immediately. Students across all state-owned tertiary institutions have also been directed to resume immediately. Edo govt orders school resumption, suspends ASUU, SSANU, others, in tertiary institutions The suspended union activities include ASUU, Non-Academic Staff of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, and all allied unions operating across all state-owned tertiary institutions. The management of the affected institutions has been mandated to pay all outstanding salaries...

 The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has disclosed that the warning strike embarked upon by the union since February 14, would soon come to an end. He made this known while speaking on the Human Rights Radio, producers of the popular national radio/TV programme, Brekete Family Show. According to him, the minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige contributed to making the strike last this long as he took over and politicised the strike. But now that the minister of education is handling it, both parties are making progress. I hope it continues this way and within a short time, God helping, and if there are no third parties, we believe that this thing will be resolved very soon.” He added. Meanwhile, Osodeke has pleaded with Nigerian students to continue to support the union in the struggle to improve the university system in the country and ensure they vote against politicians whose children are not in Nigerian universit...

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  The university unions’ and Federal Government renegotiation committee sitting will end today.   The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government on March 7, 2022, inaugurated a seven-person committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the other three unions including, The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and The National Association of Academic Technologists.   The committee which was chaired by Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs was given three months to conclude the renegotiation with ASUU and other unions.   According to ASUU and SSANU national presidents, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke and Mr Mohammed Ibrahim respectively, the Briggs committee has been meeting with the various unions since May 2022 to renegotiate their agreem...

  Hope rises for public university students in Nigeria as Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) provides hints it might call off its 110 days long strike.   ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, told AIT’s Abulu Osemuaghu exclusively via the telephone that it will brief the media this week.     The ASUU President said as parents, he and other lecturers feel the pain of the students and want to see them back in classes as soon as possible.   Osodeke however accused Federal Government of foot-dragging on its various demands especially the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, (UTAS) which it said has passed 90% test.     ASUU admitted that the meeting with the Federal government’s 2009 Agreements renegotiation team led by Professor Nimi Briggs has so far been fruitful.   There have been protests by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to scuttle political parties primaries if the schools are...

 No fewer than 701 students in Kaduna State were prevented from sitting for the ongoing 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, after paying WAEC fees to the tune of N12.61million. It was gathered that WAEC had notified some of the schools about the glitch on April 1, 2022, giving them time to resolve the issue. However, WAEC Zonal Coordinator for North West, Mr. Audu Paiku reportedly refused to reopen the portal for the affected schools to upload the CASS. The Kaduna State Ministry of Education was said to have also written a letter to WAEC National Office through WAEC Zonal office in Kaduna, on April 12th, 2022, requesting WAEC to reopen its portal to allow the 701 students to upload their CASS, but the examination body refused. The affected schools include Government Secondary School, Kuse (all 290 final year students), Government Secondary School Independence Way, Kaduna (all 150 final year students), Government Secondary School, Kagarko (110 students),...

 A fast-rising Nigerian artist Charles Chibueze Chukwu, better known by his stage name Crayon, has revealed his difficult beginnings before he rose to stardom. The Mavin signee, who recently paid a visit to his former secondary school “Treasure court college”, recalled how paying his tuition was such a challenge for him as a secondary school student that he nearly missed the West African Certificate Examination (WAEC). Crayon was proud of his achievement as he lauded himself as the school’s only star and begged for other stars to emerge from the school. He posted a video of himself prostrating in front of his teachers in the school’s staff room. The performer was also seen performing for the children, who were ecstatic to see him. He captioned, “So I went to my secondary sch that I graduated from “Treasure court college” to motivate and inspire every kid that if I can do it they can do it too, and it was so special and emotional for me cos omo I used to be regular debtor in sch, I ...

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  The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday expressed optimism about its ongoing meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee, describing the negotiation as being progressive.   Speaking in an interview on Thursday, the National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had been negotiating with the Briggs committee since last week over its demands.   ASUU commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022, after the Federal Government failed to meet some of its demands including, the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution   It was reported that on March 7, 2022, the Federal Government inaugurated a seven-person committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement reached with ASUU, which was chaired, by Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal University N...