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Below is the latest Asuu strike update, ASUU’s latest news on resumption, and ASUU strike news today, Tuesday, 11th October 2022, compiled by BrandNewsDay Nigeria.
ASUU Strike Update Today: ASUU Update News On Resumption Today, Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, to call off its 7 months of ASUU strike.
BrandNewsDay reports that the court gave the order after dismissing the union’s application for a stay of execution of an earlier ruling of the National Industrial Court directing the university lecturers to resume work.
The three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Hamma Barka granted the union permission to appeal the ruling of the industrial court but ruled that it must first resume work to be allowed to file the appeal.
It said should ASUU fail to re-open the universities, the permission it gave the union to appeal against the interlocutory injunction of the National Industrial Court “will be automatically vacated.”
“I am inclined to grant the application to appeal the decision of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. But the order of the lower court shall be immediately obeyed,” the court held in its unanimous ruling.
Recall that the National Industrial Court had on 21 September ordered ASUU to call off the strike.
The court granted the motion on notice filed by the federal government, directing the lecturers to return to classrooms.
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, further extended its over six months strike, the Federal Government faulted the action, claiming it had met 80% of their demands.
BrandNewsDay reports that the umbrella union of lecturers, ASUU at the nation’s public schools earlier on Monday again extended the strike, accusing the Federal Government of breaking its promises in the renegotiation of the agreement it signed with it in 2009.
Following its National Executive Council, NEC meeting at the University of Abuja Secretariat, ASUU took action.
Even though the union has not yet released an official statement or spoken to the media about the implications of its meeting, which started late on Sunday and went into early on Monday, some union members who spoke anonymously revealed that the meeting ended with a decision to go on an indefinite strike.
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Falana fumed, as he described the newly registered bodies to counter the ongoing ASUU strike and the union, CONUA and NAMDA as illegal.
BrandNewsDay reports that one of the foremost constitutional lawyers, Femi Falana, SAN, made this disclosure that the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), which were registered by the Nigerian government are ‘unconstitutional’.
In an interview with Arise TV’s Newsday on Wednesday, Falana provided a legal perspective on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) fallout with the Federal Government. He also examined the implications of the new unions.
Falana said, “Under the current Labour Law regime in Nigeria, you cannot have two unions or three unions in the same sector.
“In other words, within the academia in Nigeria, there can only be one registered trade union that is the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) registered pursuant to the Trade Union Act as amended.
The Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, according to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is deceitful and notorious for reversing its earlier arrangement with the academic union.
ASUU added that the federal government was acting dishonestly and that it doubted its ability and willingness to resolve the conflict between it and the union.
The Federal Government’s purported abandoning of the proposed renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement confirms doubts about the Federal Government’s commitment to ending the present strike, according to Stanley Ogoun, the Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator of ASUU.
Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, stated on Tuesday that the government could only afford to increase lecturers’ pay by 23.5%, while professors will receive a 35% raise, BRANDNEWSDAY report.
The minister added that President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned against entering into commitments that his administration would not be able to fulfil.
During the discussion with vice-chancellors and other university system stakeholders, Adamu made this disclosure.
He said,” The Federal Government can only afford a 23.5% salary increase for all categories of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35% upward review.
“Henceforth, allowances that pertain to ad-hoc duties of the academic and non-academic staff shall be paid as at when due by the Governing Councils of Universities to which such services are rendered and to the staff who perform them.
ASUU Strike Update Details Of Why FG halted the Decision To Reopen Universities have emerged and can be accessed below.
BrandNewsDay reports that fresh Facts have emerged on why the Federal Government quickly reversed its order to the various university management to reopen public universities amid the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Recall that the Federal Government had earlier ordered Nigerian universities’ Vice-Chancellors to re-open their respective schools.
Federal Government had asked the Vice-Chancellors of universities “to ensure that the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resume and commence lectures immediately.”
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The Federal Government on Tuesday, submit a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a partition group of the lecturers’ union, in an effort to lessen the unresolved issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
BrandNewsDay reports that the Federal government’s move might lead to the disintegration of the ASUU after months of industrial action over the refusal of the Federal Government to meet its demands.
According to an invitation made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment’s Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Oshundun Olajide, Minister of Labor and Employment Chris Ngige is scheduled to deliver the presentation.
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A total of 461,745 admissions have not been processed by Nigerian universities as a result of the suspension of admissions.
However, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board attributed the development to the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike in the information it provided to our correspondent.
In the document obtained by BRANDNEWSDAY, JAMB stated that “several universities confirmed suspending the process due to the ASUU strike; ASUU strike is a factor; numerous colleges have failed to begin 2021 admissions despite repeated requests.”
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A total of 461,745 admissions have not been processed by Nigerian universities as a result of the suspension of admissions.
However, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board attributed the development to the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike in the information it provided to our correspondent.
In the document obtained by BRANDNEWSDAY, JAMB stated that “several universities confirmed suspending the process due to the ASUU strike; ASUU strike is a factor; numerous colleges have failed to begin 2021 admissions despite repeated requests.”
READ MORE, HERE.
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