The Nigerian government on Tuesday inaugurated another committee to renegotiate the contentious 2009 agreement between it and workers’ unions in the public universities. The committee was inaugurated by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor, in Abuja. The event was witnessed by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, and the Acting … Read more
The industrial harmony currently enjoyed across most Nigerian universities may be truncated soon if the fresh threat of a worker strike is anything to go with. The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has threatened that their union members would … Read more
The Nigerian government has listed key demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it has met. The demands by the union had resulted in years of incessant strikes, leading to the shutdown of Nigerian public universities for months at various times. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor, on Thursday listed … Read more
