At last, the federal government, Thursday, inaugurated the governing councils of universities, polytechnics and other federal tertiary institutions in the country. The inauguration came barely one year after the government dissolved the governing councils of all of its tertiary institutions, leaving them to operate without governing councils. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in June 2023,…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, and students on Thursday protested against the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government. The students who came out to support their lecturers displayed placards with inscriptions including “education is life; proper funding of university education is non-negotiable; lecturers too want…
The authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Thursday shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students to shift grounds on their demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the…
The federal government has summoned a meeting with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) on Thursday, July 4, at the Office of the Minister of Education. The meeting is coming on the heels of the expiration of a two-week ultimatum issued by the leadership…
IT was hell for commuters in the Ugbowo axis of the Benin – Lagos Highway as for seven hours, students of the University of Benin barricaded the Main gate axis of the road which created a gridlock that stretched over three kilometres from both axes of the road while those familiar with the terrain tried…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared that Nigerian workers will not be treated as beggars in the country. NLC made the remark while stressing that state governors can’t decide the minimum wage of workers. A statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah, described the stance of the state governors in…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared that it would embark on strike in the next two weeks if agreements with the Federal Government are not met. The Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Calabar Zone, Comrade Happiness Uduk, said this while addressing a press conference and protest organized by Calabar Zone of ASUU, at…
The University of Ibadan (UI) and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have sent a strong message to the Federal Government, demanding the return of union funds deducted from their salaries during the recent strike action. The chairmen of the two universities’ union, Professor Ayo Akinwole…
The organised labour movement has expressed the expectation of Nigerian workers that the new minimum wage would be announced, passed into law, and its implementation begin before the end of July 2024. President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, made this known when he received the Special Adviser on Labour…
Members of the organised labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have convened an emergency meeting over the decision of the Federal Executive Council to step down the memo on the minimum wage. The meeting, according to a top official at the NLC headquarters, will be held at Labour House…
