• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
FG, ASUU Give Updates On Ongoing Warning Strike After Last Meeting Met Deadlock

Strike Looms as ASUU Weigh Option Across Campuses

‘We have recovered reasonable amount’ – EFCC gives update on N1.3trn CBEX crypto fraud

‘We have recovered reasonable amount’ – EFCC gives update on N1.3trn CBEX crypto fraud

Daura v U.B.N PLC: Landmark Supreme Court Decision on ‘Estate and Debt’ Responsibilities after Death

Daura v U.B.N PLC: Landmark Supreme Court Decision on ‘Estate and Debt’ Responsibilities after Death

PROHIBITION OF RIBĀ (INTEREST-BASED TRANSACTIONS) IN ISLAMIC FINANCE: CONCEPT AND SIGNIFICANCE

PROHIBITION OF RIBĀ (INTEREST-BASED TRANSACTIONS) IN ISLAMIC FINANCE: CONCEPT AND SIGNIFICANCE

Hajj 2025: Saudi Arabia deports Sheikh Gumi back to Nigeria

Hajj 2025: Saudi Arabia deports Sheikh Gumi back to Nigeria

JUST IN: Wike seals PDP National Secretariat in Abuja

JUST IN: Wike seals PDP National Secretariat in Abuja

JAMB Announces Date to release UTME Result for resit Candidates

99% Scores Below 200 in Resit UTME – JAMB

2023: Yoruba Elders Decide On Tinubu’s Presidency Ambition

Breaking: APC Governors endorse Tinubu as 2027 Sole Presidential Candidate

Peter Obi attends Pope’s inauguration in Rome to beg Tinubu over Fidelity Bank’s N225bn Debt Crisis – Report

Peter Obi debunk meeting Tinubu in Rome over alleged N225bn Fidelity Bank debt

FULL LIST: Dangote Refinery slashes Petrol Prices across Nigeria

FULL LIST: Dangote Refinery slashes Petrol Prices across Nigeria

Court stops Senate disciplinary action against Natasha Akpoti

Akpabio, Yahaya Bello to testify as Nigerian Govt files Criminal Charges Against Natasha

Canada, France, UK Impose Sanctions on Israel over Gaza war

Canada, France, UK Impose Sanctions on Israel over Gaza war

Peter Obi attends Pope’s inauguration in Rome to beg Tinubu over Fidelity Bank’s N225bn Debt Crisis – Report

Peter Obi attends Pope’s inauguration in Rome to beg Tinubu over Fidelity Bank’s N225bn Debt Crisis – Report

  • About Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Editorial Policy
Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • Login
iDeemlawful
  • Home
  • News
  • Featured
  • Politics
  • Life Style
  • Advertise with Us
  • Opinion
  • Campus
No Result
View All Result
iDeemlawful
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
iDeemlawful
  • Home
  • News
  • Featured
  • Politics
  • Commentary
  • Editorial
  • Campus
Home Breaking News

Strike Looms as ASUU Weigh Option Across Campuses

by iDeemlawful
March 6, 2025
A A
FG, ASUU Give Updates On Ongoing Warning Strike After Last Meeting Met Deadlock
FacebookTwitterWhatsapp

The relative peace currently being enjoyed on campuses of Nigerian universities may soon be truncated 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 confide on Thursday that ASUU chapters have commenced voting processes to decide on the next line of action after the Nigerian government failed to meet the union’s demands after two ultimatums.

As Ultimatums Expired

Last month, ASUU issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Nigerian government beginning on 23 September. This ultimatum followed a previous 21-day ultimatum issued in August.

RelatedPosts

ASUU To Sue JAMB Over UTME Mass Failure

JUST IN: ASUU elects new President

NASU, SSANU suspend Ongoing Strike

Workers Vow To Continue Strike Despite Released Varsity Funds

After the first ultimatum lapsed, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, met with the union twice on 28 August and 6 September, in an attempt to forestall any possible strike action. The minister also set up a subcommittee to investigate the union’s demands.

However, after reviewing the government’s efforts at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on 19 September, ASUU said they were not satisfactory, prompting the latest ultimatum that expired on 6 October.

In a statement announcing the last ultimatum, ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science, accused the government of lacking the required commitment to avert the strike action.

Ongoing consultations

A source within the leadership of the ASUU, who does not want to be quoted for lacking the authority to speak on the matter, told PREMIUM TIMES that the ASUU chapters are expected to decide before Tuesday after which the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union will meet to ratify the chapters’ decisions.

The source confirmed that his chapter, a federal university in the North-west, has met and favoured the strike option. “We met and we voted in favour of the strike,” the source told our reporter.

A chairperson of another chapter also confirmed to our reporter that the congresses to decide on the strike action are being held across different universities but declined further comments.

ASUU President, Mr Osodeke, did not respond to phone calls and text messages seeking comment for this story.

ASUU is a union that prides itself in a decision-making process that begins from the bottom to the top.

It was learnt that the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union would meet to consider the decisions of its members and announce a unified position. If it decides on a strike action, it would affect the resumption timelines for many universities.

Contentious issues

The union of academics is at loggerheads with the Nigerian government over the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement. The agreement contains the conditions of services, wages and allowances of Nigerian academics. The agreement is meant to be updated periodically but negotiations have stalled for close to a decade.

ASUU wants the government to conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement of 2022.

The union also wants the government to put an end to the use of a centralised payment platform, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for payments of university workers’ salaries. It said the platform is fraudulent and is shortchanging its members of their entitlements.

Last December, the Education Minister, Mr Mamman, said President Bola Tinubu directed the exclusion of universities from the IPPIS. But the union said a ‘new IPPIS’ is being used to pay its members, adding it is the same platform as the IPPIS.

The union also wants the government to release the three-and-a-half months’ salaries withheld during the 2022 strike action.

Other issues, as listed by the union, are:

  • “the release of unpaid salaries for staff on sabbatical, part-time, and adjunct appointments affected by the IPPIS;
  • release of outstanding third-party deductions such as check-off dues and cooperative contributions;
  • funding for the revitalisation of public universities, partly captured in the 2023 Federal Government Budget;
  • payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), partly captured in the 2023 Federal Government Budget;
  • proliferation of universities by federal and state governments; implementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities;
  • illegal dissolution of governing councils; and University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a replacement for IPPIS.”
Tags: ASUU
Previous Post

Fayose Declares self PDP chairman, suspends Atiku, Wike, others [Video]

Next Post

Reps Passed Bill To Establish Bola Tinubu University

iDeemlawful

iDeemlawful

Related Posts

‘We have recovered reasonable amount’ – EFCC gives update on N1.3trn CBEX crypto fraud
Breaking News

‘We have recovered reasonable amount’ – EFCC gives update on N1.3trn CBEX crypto fraud

JAMB Announces Date to release UTME Result for resit Candidates
Breaking News

99% Scores Below 200 in Resit UTME – JAMB

Peter Obi attends Pope’s inauguration in Rome to beg Tinubu over Fidelity Bank’s N225bn Debt Crisis – Report
Breaking News

Peter Obi debunk meeting Tinubu in Rome over alleged N225bn Fidelity Bank debt

JAMB Announces Date to release UTME Result for resit Candidates
Breaking News

JAMB Announces Date to release UTME Result for resit Candidates

Hoodlums attacked Pasuma in Osun, sparking tensions
Breaking News

Hoodlums attacked Pasuma in Osun, sparking tensions

ASUU To Sue JAMB Over UTME Mass Failure
Breaking News

ASUU To Sue JAMB Over UTME Mass Failure

JUST IN: JAMB admits mistake, 173,387 candidates to retake UTME
Breaking News

JUST IN: JAMB admits mistake, 173,387 candidates to retake UTME

Nigerian Army confirms Boko Haram’s use of ‘Armed Drones’ in Borno, similar to Israeli and Ukrainian types
Breaking News

Nigerian Army confirms Boko Haram’s use of ‘Armed Drones’ in Borno, similar to Israeli and Ukrainian types

Lagos-Opebi-Mende road project to be completed soon – Julius Berger
Breaking News

Lagos-Opebi-Mende road project to be completed soon – Julius Berger

Man arrested for Raping a 12-year-old girl in Lagos
Breaking News

Suspect in Anambra lawmaker’s murder Re-arrested

Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

iDeemlawful

Copyright © 2019–2025 Deemlawful Media

  • About Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Editorial Policy

Connect With Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Featured
  • Politics
  • Life Style
  • Advertise with Us
  • Opinion
  • Campus

Copyright © 2019–2025 Deemlawful Media

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In