…Invokes No Work, No Pay Policy Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities in all state-owned tertiary institutions, even as he came down hard on the various academic and non- academic staff unions in the universities and polytechnics, suspending their operations. The government’s sledge hammer followed the protest by…
Governments Reopen Varsities, But Striking ASUU remain Adamant
The tango between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU started with a life drama Monday morning at the Lagos State University, Ojo. The local branch of ASUU in collaboration with the Nonacademic Staff Union, NASU had barricaded the entrance of the university preventing Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, the vice chancellor and students…
UNIBEN’s Second Female VC assumes Office
The inauguration ceremony of Lillian Imuetiyan Salami, professor of home economics and nutrition as the 10th vice-chancellor of the University of Benin came to an abrupt end Monday following an announcement that she had been invited by the state governor. No sooner a cultural dance by students of English and Literature studies finished their performance…
SSANU/NASU Warning Strike Takes Toll on Varsity Communities
Just one day into the five-day warning strike embarked upon by the senior staff association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the non-academic staff union, NASU, which began this Monday, the industrial action is already taking its toll on the university communities in Edo State, namely the University of Benin and the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.…
Research Institutions’ Unions Threaten Strike
Research and Allied Institutions’ workers have threatened to embark on a strike action if the Federal Government fails to implement the agreement it reached with the unions in January 2011. The leaders of the organized unions of research workers’ addressed a joint press conference to decry the neglect of the workers and the non-payment of…