Category: Education
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Take ASUU To Court For Time Wasted – Minister Of Education To Students
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on thursday, said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government. He also said the government will not agree to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six…
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Offer Is Miserable- ASUU To FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it rejected the Federal Government’s offer because it is “miserable”. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in a statement on Thursday and made available to The PUNCH. The statement was titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’. Prof Osodeke asked the Federal Government, through…
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ASUU Extends Strike By Additional Four Weeks
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has extended the strike by four-weeks. The statement partly reads, “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of Government’s past failures to abide by its own timelines in addressing issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA), NEC resolved that the strike…
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We’ve Not Seen The Education Minister – ASUU
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff of Union of Universities has failed to suspend the ongoing strike , which has led to a shutdown of academic activities in public universities across the country. Sources also says that the union was yet to hear from the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, despite the promises…
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JAMB Release Approved Cut-Off Mark
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the country. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among others. For the polytechnics, 120 cut-off mark was approved…
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ASUU Criticize FG Over Negotiations
The Academic Staff Union of Universities faults the Federal Government’s in handling the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks. In an interview with Channels Tv last week. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige,…
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Lagos State Government To Reopen All Chrisland Schools
The Lagos State Government has directed the State Ministry of Education to re-open all Chrisland Schools shut across the state over controversy of alleged rape. This was disclosed in a press statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, reported that the state government had shut down all chrisland school s in Lagos…
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US Tasks Nigeria To Promote Science And Technology
The United States of America had explained the need for Nigeria to shift from a theoretical knowledge-based education to a practical-oriented education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics if the country shall progress. The Public Affairs Officer of the US Consulate General, Stephen Ibelli, gave the advice during the closing and mid-year report of the…
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ASSU: FG Claims No Funds But Built Railway To Niger
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has again blamed the Federal Government for the ongoing strike in public universities. According to The union’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview had said that the government “went to sleep” for eight months after it completed negotiations with the union in May 2021. He says…
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ASUU Set To Commence One-Month Warning Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a one-month warning strike. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced this at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). According to him, the industrial action, which begins immediately, is “comprehensive and total”. “We don’t like…