ASUU Update Today: ASUU Latest News On Resumption Today, Wednesday 20 July 2022

ASUU Update today – ASUU Strike Update News On Latest ASUU Strike Today, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, details can be accessed below.

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Below is the latest  Asuu strike update, ASUU latest news on resumption, and ASUU strike news today, Wednesday, 20th June 2022, compiled by BrandNewsDay Nigeria.

ASUU Update Today: ASUU Latest News On Resumption Today, Wednesday 20 July 2022

ASUU latest news on resumption

We’re not beggars, hunger won’t force us to resume, ASUU tells FG

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members are not beggars and the stoppage of their salaries by the government won’t force them to call off their strike.

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The continued strike led to the imposition of No-Work-No-Pay by the Federal Government. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said the directive was in compliance with Section 43 of the Labour Law.

Though some of the demands by the union are still undergoing negotiations, the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, expressed optimism that the union was on the threshold of victory.

He however noted that the resolve of the union forced the government to engage in negotiations.

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ASUU strike: Pass no-confidence vote in Buhari, HURIWA tells NASS

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has called on the National Assembly to pass a vote of no confidence on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

“The government’s inability to resolve the industrial crisis in the public universities whereby over 70 per cent of youths attend because they are from poor backgrounds is a direct declaration of war on the youths.

“HURIWA, therefore, urged the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to be a man now that he couldn’t get his promised presidential candidacy from the cabal in Aso Rock. He should do the needful and etch his name on the sands of time by impeaching the President.”

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ASUU strike: NANS seeks swift resolution

The Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B,  Ekanem Utibe, has urged the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ensure students return to school.

He spoke during a protest in Akwa Ibom. Utibe urged both parties to swiftly settle their differences and ensure students do not suffer for long.

He noted that if the strike persists,  students would be left with no option but to occupy the critical sectors of government agencies.

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Federal Government Confirms When ASUU Strike Will Be Called Off

The Federal Government has Confirmed When ASUU Strike Will Be Called Off, Brand News Day confirms.

BrandNewsDay reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday, June 22, said the ongoing ASUU strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon be called off.

This online news platform understands that the FG also said there are no plans to establish an alternative payment table for all the labour unions in tertiary institutions.

ASUU, which grounded academic activities in Nigerian universities since February 14, 2022, had insisted on the use of its own generated payment platform, University Transparency, and Accountability Solution.

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NLC Urges FG To End Strike By ASUU, Other

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to end the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other university-based unions.

The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in his contributions to the report of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation, during the 110th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

Government Suspends ASUU, SSANU, NASU, ASUP Over Strike

Government has suspended ASUU, SSANU, NASU, ASUP over ongoing strike.

BrandNewsDay reports that the Edo State Government on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, suspended union activities in all state-owned tertiary institutions of higher learning in the state.

A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie after a State Executive Council meeting in Benin sighted by BrandNewsDay, listed the affected unions as ASUU, Non-Academic Staff of Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and all allied unions in state-owned tertiary institutions.

The statement noted, “By this notice, academic activities are to resume in all state-owned institutions and all cadre of staff are directed to report to their duty posts immediately.