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 Setback Hits Resumption As FG Makes U-Turn, Kicks Against ASUU’s Condition For Ending Strike The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has come under attack as the federal government described the condition set by the body before it can end its strike as “unreasonable.” It would be recalled that ASUU said it would end the strike action after its home-grown University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) has passed the federal government’s integrity test. Speaking in an interview with The Punch, the association’s national leader and president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the assurance with questions popping up on when the lecturers will resume back to classrooms. ASUU was expected to call off its strike and mandate lecturers to resume back to lecture rooms on Wednesday, October 21, after striking a unilateral agreement with the representatives of the federal government. But Ogunyemi said UTAS, which is a payment system developed by ASUU in place of the controve...

 Universities And Polytechnics First And Second Semester Exams: All Undergraduate Should Note This It’s true that his excellency president Muhammadu Buhari fought diligently to protect her citizenry from the deadly virus called covid-19. Ever since the outbreak of covid-19, schools across the nation was declared closed by president Muhammadu Buhari to help in the easing of the spread of covid-19 virus in the country. Due to the declaration of total lockdown by the federal government, universities and polytechnics have not written their first semester examinations before schools where declared closed, up till date schools has not resumed let alone writing second semester exams. So many students are saying that the federal government in conjunction with the ministry of education will award marks to Universities and polytechnics students, due to the inability to conduct first and second semester examination at the same time, honestly if the academic calendar is to be in its normalcy u...

Ngige misinforming Nigerians on strike – ASUU The minister had claimed that a meeting has been scheduled between the federal government and the union The  Academic Staff Union of Universities  (ASUU) has accused the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming Nigerians, especially on issues surrounding the union’s ongoing six-month-old industrial action. The Lagos Zone of the union, in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the zonal coordinator, Olusiji Sowande, debunked the minister’s claim that a meeting had been scheduled between the teachers’ body and government representatives to assess the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) developed by the union as an alternative to the government’s controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The union also denied the minister’s claim that the IPPIS is the only reason for the union’s strike, and claimed that, “Dr. Chris Ngige was also economical with the ...