OKWUDILI CANICE-UNN INFORMANT

  It’s no longer news that the   National President  of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ) is  mobilizing  its members in  preparation  for a Possible Indefinite strike. Earlier, the  Academic  Staff Union of  Universities  (ASUU) postponed its decision on strike, saying that  consultations are still ongoing . This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its  National Executive Council  meeting. However,  ASUU  has announced  14th February 2022  as the latest date to reveal the  union’s  Final Decision on the  planned  strike. This means that on the  14th February 2022  the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ) will either declare or Postpone its Planned strike. Although, the majority of ASUU Branches ( State and Federal Universities ) are fully in support of an indefinite strike. ASUU branches have enjoined the ...

    THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it will activate the procedure of embarking on strike. The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, added that the FG no longer picked its calls. Recall that in March 2020, ASUU embarked on a strike following its disagreement with the FG over the funding of the universities and the ineffectiveness and discrepancies around the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System and others. ASUU, however, developed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution to replace IPPIS and had several meetings with the Ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment, and the Office of the Accountant Gener...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another round of industrial strike action after its next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. ASUU made this known on Tuesday, saying government officials have been put on alert, adding that some of its members are being owed 16 months salaries. ASUU further stated that in addition to members being owed salaries, salaries of members are still being deducted, lamenting that nothing tangible has been done about it. The union urged the Federal Government to resolve the issue before its NEC meets next month to avoid a fresh crisis in the system. “We have some of our members whose salaries are still being deducted; you have some of them going home with N26, 000, some going home with N47,000; Some are being owed for 16 months and nothing tangible has been done about it. “We have put government officials on alert and we have told them to resolve everything before our NEC meets next month to avoid a fresh crisis i...