ASUU Agrees To Call Off Strike, To Receive N70bn
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has agreed to call off its eight-month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities. The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday. The government also pledged to pay N40 billion as...
Prominent Ukwa Son Commends Gov Ikpeazu For Appointing Prof Ogbulu ABSU VC
A prominent son of Owaza in Ukwa land, Mr Philemon Asonye Ogbonna, has commended the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, for appointing an Ukwa indigene as the Vice-Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu. The Secretary to the Abia State government, Barr Chris Ezem, had in a special government announcement, said Gov Ikpeazu had approved the appointment of Prof Onyemachi...
ABSU Gets New Vice-Chancellor As Ikonne Takes A Bow
Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) now has a new Vice-Chancellor. Prof Onyemachi Maxwell Ogbulu takes over from Prof. Uche Ikonne whose tenure of office expires this month. The Professor of Finance was before now the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University. His appointment takes effect from the 1st of December, 2020. READ ALSO: Ikpeazu To Substantially Offset Salaries Owed ABSUTH Workers Soon A release signed...
Three Professors Jostle To Replace Ikonne As ABSU VC
About three Professors are currently jostling to replace Prof. Uche Ikonne as the Vice Chancellor Abia State University, Uturu. The Governing Council of the University submitted the list of 3 the candidates in order of merit for the position of Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University to the Governor for selection and ratification of one of them as substantive...
Children Of Politicians Should Be Banned From Studying Abroad, Strike’ll End – Lecturer
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for a law placing restriction on public office holders from sending their children to foreign countries to study. The Akure zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Olufayo Olu-Olu said such ban would put an end the persistent strike in Nigeria’s education sector. Olu-Olu explained that if such a law is promulgated, it would...
We’ve Not Decided Yet To Call Off Strike — ASUU President
It is still uncertain whether the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will end soon as President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said there were certain steps to be taken to reach that final conclusion on the issue. Professor Ogunyemi told Tribune (not ABN TV) in an exclusive interview on Saturday that even though government...
FG Finally Exempts ASUU From IPPIS
After weeks of negotiations and foot-dragging, the Federal Government on Friday accepted the demand by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that they are exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The government also shifted grounds on a number of issues, including the insistence that all the academic staff of the federal universities must be paid through...
We May Not Resume This Year – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed regrets that with the action of the Federal Government that Universities would not resume again this year. ASUU also stated that FG was playing with the future of Nigeria students, adding that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, cannot curb corruption in the university system as claimed by...
Private Schools Are Recruiting Our Lecturers, ASUU President Cries Out
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, on Thursday, says the union is losing its members to private universities due to the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. Ogunyemi, who spoke while featuring on a television programme in Abuja today monitored by The PUNCH, also said the government cannot threaten the university...
Abia Govt To Collaborate With Gregory University On Entrepreneurship Studies
Abia State Government has said it is willing to partner with one of the leading private universities in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu in developing entrepreneurs studies to create employment in line with the vision of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. The Commissioner of Education, Asso. Prof Kanelechi Nwangwa made the declaration when he led a team of top officials from the ministry...
