ASUU, others meet FG’s committee next week over 2009 agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, among other academic unions, will meet the reconstituted committee on the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement with university-based unions, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. ASUU’s National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. Though the ASUU leader didn’t […]
NELFUND disburses N11b to 90,000 students in six months, affirms repayment mode
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has said the agency disbursed N11 billion to 90,000 students within six months. Sawyerr announced this during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by its chairman, Muntari Dandutse, yesterday in Abuja. The NELFUND boss said the fees and […]
Breaking: NASU, SSANU suspend Nationwide strike
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 […]
NYSC Osun extends 45 corps members service year
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 […]
VARSITY UNIONS COMMENCES INDEFINITE NATIONWIDE STRIKE OVER WITHHELD SALARIES
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 […]
Varsity Unions begin indefinite strike on Monday
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 […]
Court stops JAMB from restricting underage students
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 […]
NYSC CANCELS APPROVED RELOCATION FOR 2024 BATCH A CORPS MEMBERS
We’ve disbursed over N10bn loans to 40,000 students — NELFUND
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 […]
ASUP warms up for shutdown of polytechnics nationwide
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 […]