Workers at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday threatened the Oyo State government and its Osun state counterpart that it will resume its strike action in two weeks time, if the states refuse to fulfill it’s agreement with the union.
Access N463bn TETFUND, Falana urges ASUU
Human rights activist, Femi Falana has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to ensure the collection of N463 billion education intervention fund in the custody of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria while addressing the 20th Delegates Conference of ASUU at the Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi State, on Monday, called for the immediate disbursement of the fund to federal and state governments owned universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.
APC, PDP is to blame for poor university education in Nigeria
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been accused by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of having Nigerians alleged nonchalance in funding tertiary education.
Deji Omole, the chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, on Monday, April 2, made the accusation. Omole said that this is true going by the refusal of the APC to inject revitalisation fund into public varsity education in the country to help students enjoy qualitative education, Vanguard reported.
He said only the former president, Goodluck Jonathan injected N200 billion for the revitalisation of public varsities after the 2013 six-month strike action. He said: “Public Universities are grossly underfunded leading to serious pressure on the available resources which have been stressed beyond elastic limits.
NASU Strike: University of Ibadan to commence semester exam January 8
The University of Ibadan has announced that its second semester examinations for the 2016/17 academic session would commence as scheduled from January 8, 2018.
This is in spite of the strike action embarked upon by members of the non teaching staff of Nigerian universities.
Strike: SSANU, NASU, NAAT remain adamant, demand N66bn
The NON teaching staff in the universities have said that their members will not resume work today pending when the Federal Government will pay them their Earned Allowances totalling over N66 billion.
ASUU: Catholic bishops declare strike as unnecessary, a burden But the Federal Government has promised to mop up money for the non teaching staff comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions, NASU, and National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, alleging that the N23 billion released to the four university based unions was hijacked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
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ASUU faults FG on funding of varsity education
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of plans to deliberately stamp out public universities by starving it of funds.
This was disclosed by Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan branch, Dr Ayodeji Omole, a press conference in Ibadan yesterday. Omole lamented that our leaders in the country allowed private universities across the country to feed fat on Nigerians with the outrageous tuition fees they charge.
Source : Vanguard