THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has announced suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over the four months withheld salaries. The suspension according to a circular to all branches of the two university based unions…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Osun State has disengaged 3,075 corps members from the 2023 Batch C Stream 2 service year. Also, Osun NYSC extended the service year for 45 corps members for different offences as outlined in the NYSC By-law, while 48 corps members were reported to have absconded from service during…
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have commenced an indefinite nationwide strike within campuses of public universities to demand the immediate release of their withheld salaries. On September 17, 2023, the Joint Action Committee of SSANU and NASU handed the…
ABUJA — THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of non teaching staff unions in the universities, comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike from Monday over the non payment of the four…
The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed against the board. JAMB, in a statement on…
The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said it has so far disbursed over N10 billion in loans to 40,000 students across the country. Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television. He disclosed that 370,000 students have registered on the NELFUND…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has warned of a possibility of shutting down Polytechnics nationwide by next week, if demands made to the Federal Government are not looked into. This warning was handed out by the Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter of ASUP at a press briefing on Tuesday. During the briefing, Chairman, Academic Staff…
Academic Activities in all Nigerian Universities is set to experience another shut as the branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide have commenced consultative meetings to take a position on the consequences of the ultimatum earlier issued by the Nigerian government. Sources within the leadership of the union noted that ASUU chapters…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday, said that four corps members who absconded from their duty posts would repeat the service year. The State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Chinwe Nwachuku, said this in Gombe, during the Passing-Out Parade of 2023 Batch “C” Stream I corps members. Nwachuku said that the service year of three…
