The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba University chapter, has suspended it’s one month old strike action. This is contained in a statement by the chapter chairman, Dr Joshua Mbaver, which was made available to newsmen on Saturday in Jalingo. The statement said that the suspension followed the state government’s acceptance to meet the … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) Chapter, on Saturday threatened to embark on strike over poor welfare package and wage irregularity. At a news conference in Lagos, the Chairman of the chapter, Dr Akolade Lapite, said that the members might resort to strike to press home … Read more
The Yola Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed its disapproval of the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill (NTB) 2024, urging the National Assembly to also reject the legislation. Henzodaily reports that the academic union contended that if enacted, the bill would progressively diminish the funding allocated to the Tertiary Education Trust … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the federal government’s Tax Reform Bill, as it concerns the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Henzodaily reports that ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) reported to replace TETFund would do more harm than good to tertiary education in the country. … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has cautioned against the scrapping of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), saying such a move would be inimical to the growth of tertiary education in the country. ASUU, in a statement on Tuesday by its national chairman, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the federal government plans to replace … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to protect the Tertiary Education Trust (TETFUND) from being abrogated under the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of ASUU, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Osodeke said that the proposed bill was worrisome and also … Read more
The Police Command in Benue has arrested Dr Tersagh Ichor, a lecturer with Joseph Saawuan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of Mrs Susan Anyagh. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Sewuese Anene, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Makurdi. According to the PPRO, Mrs Anyagh, who … Read more
The students of Taraba State University (TSU) Jalingo have suspended their planned peaceful demonstration against strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), giving the state government until Friday to resolve the crisis. The National Union of Taraba State Students (NUTASS) President, Aliyu Sulaiman on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen in Jalingo, called on … Read more
The Lagos State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged students to disregard statements issued by both the university management and the Students’ Union, which claim that normal activities are ongoing despite the ongoing industrial actions by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union … Read more
The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the student loan programme of the federal government disbursed through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government should increase budgetary provision to the education sector or run a grant for the children of the poor. Professor Osodeke stated this … Read more