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  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...