Tag: ASUU
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ASUU STRIKE LOOMS FOLLOWING FG PLAN TO REMOVE 3,000 STAFF FROM PAYROLL
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government to withdraw the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget. The President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Haruna, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja He threatened that the…
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KIDNAPPED UNIJOS LECTURER REGAINS FREEDOM
The kidnapped University of Jos Senior Lecture, Dr Dan Ella, has regained his freedom. It was learnt that Ella was picked up on Thursday night along Jos-Bauchi Road after his abductors released him. The University don with the Department of Theatre Arts in the institution was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday by gunmen…
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ASUU exemption from IPPIS only for a while — FG
The Federal Government has said that the proposal to exempt members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is a temporary measure pending the conclusion of integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige who clarified the position…
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Strike: Why we sued FG, ASUU — Law students
The Nigerian Law students have explained why they sued the Academic Staff Union of Universities and relevant ministries representing the Federal Government for the lingering strike which has led to the shutdown of various public universities since March 2020. The students through the National President of the Law Students Association of Nigeria, Blessing Agbomhere, sought…
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FG moves to borrow $1.2bn to increase agric value chain
The Federal Government is seeking the approval of $1.2 billion loan from the National Assembly to address issues in the agriculture value chain, finance minister Zainab Ahmed said on Tuesday in Abuja at the ministry’s budget defence. Ahmed told the House of Representative Committee on Finance that the loan would be sourced from the Brazilian…
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Our alternative to IPPIS ready for test run, ASUU tells FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday told the Federal Government that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, which it developed as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is ready for integrity tests. According to ASUU, the software for UTAS was unveiled and demonstrated to the Minister of Education and…
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Attempt to re-open schools now suicidal — ASUU President
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The union argued that the government must make resources available in order for schools to meet proposed conditions by the Federal Ministry of Education. ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made this position…
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BUK sacks lecturers over non-compliance with IPPIS directive
Bayero University Kano has disengaged no fewer than 30 academic staff on contract appointment in the institution. The termination of appointment of the lecturers is not unconnected with the refusal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to comply with Federal government directive on enrollment on the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS).…