Those Feeding Fat On IPPIS Will Soon Be Exposed – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will soon expose those feeding fat on the adoption of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, by the Federal Government as its payment platform. This is just as the union alleged that some people in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation are subverting its efforts...
IPPIS: We’ll Defend University Autonomy With Our Blood – ASUU
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has vowed that they will protect university autonomy with the last drop of their blood. Ogunyemi made this clear in a press statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The statement was titled “On President Buhari’s No IPPIS, No Salary” and Ogunyemi explained...
Only University Lecturers On IPPIS Will Be Paid – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that members of the Association of Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will get salaries. He stated this on Thursday in his annual speech to the joint session of the two chambers of the National Assembly which is currently ongoing. In the highlight of the 2021 Appropriation budget being presented to the National Assembly, he explained that...
FG Threatens To Shut Down FGGC Umuahia Over Poor Sanitary Condition
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has threatened to shut down the Federal Girls College Umuahia over poor sanitary and maintenance culture by the management of the school. Nwajiuba, who issued the threat during a visit on Monday expressed disappointment over the level of infrastructural dilapidation and poor sanitary condition of facilities in the school. The minister, who was...
October 12 Resumption: Strike Remains Indefinite, We Can’t Work On Empty Stomach – ASUU
There were strong indications on Monday that students of public universities in the country would stay at home further as the Academic Staff Union of Universities dismissed the Federal Government’s directive that all educational institutions in the country should resume on Monday next week. The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, said...
Nigerian Education Graduates, Students To Receive Automatic Employment, Stipends From FG
The payment of stipends to Bachelor of Education students as well as granting them automatic employment after graduation is now federal government policy, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said. He said this in Abuja at the commemoration of the World Teachers Day on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved a special salary scale for teachers in the country. He...
Massive COVID-19 Outbreak At UK University
At least 500 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the University of Sheffield, with more than 380 cases at Manchester, ABN TV learnt. According to an online tracker on the university's website, 474 students and five staff members have tested positive for Covid-19 September 28. A university spokesman said: 'We recognise how difficult it is for students who are new...
Buhari Approves Special Salary For Teachers
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for basic and secondary school teachers across the nation. He also announced an increase in the number of service years for the teachers from 35 to 40. The teachers will also enjoy special provisions for rural posting allowance, science teachers allowance, and peculiar allowance. The gestures was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and...
World Teachers Day 2020 Opportunity To Recognise, Commend Their Sacrifices — Prof. Ibe
As the world celebrates international day of teachers, the Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu Prof Gregory Ibe has said this year's celebration is opportunity to recognise and commend sacrifices teachers make. He said teachers saved the education sector from imminent crisis as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak by switching on to virtual knowledge transfer method. In a statement on Sunday...
NASU, SSANU To Begin 14-Day Nationwide Warning Strike On Monday
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) and the Non- Academic Staff Union(NASU) have declared a warning strike that will commence next Monday, October 5, and last 14 days across public universities nationwide. This was just as the federal government announced the reopening of all schools including universities six months after their closure due to COVID-19 pandemic. The two groups jointly...
