strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced an extension of its ongoing more than five-month-old strike by another four weeks. The union made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday and signed by its National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, citing the failure of the Nigerian government to fulfill its promises and heed the call. Signed […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by twelve weeks, the president of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said on Monday. In a statement he issued after an emergency National Executive Committee meeting of the association at the University of Abuja on Sunday, the ASUU president said the decision was […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a one-month warning strike. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced this at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). According to him, the industrial action, which begins immediately, is “comprehensive and total”. “We don’t like to […]
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Uyo Chapter says the union’s current agitations are for the revitalization of public universities in the country. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr. Happiness Uduk stated this in an interview with Comfort FM reporter, Samuel Akpabio after the union’s congress held at the university’s campus. She said the exercise […]
The negotiation meeting between the Federal Government and the striking National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD ended in a deadlock yesterday as the strike enters its ninth day today. Although both sides could not reach a truce last night, the meeting continues today. Speaking with newsmen last night, NARD President Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi […]
Striking Judiciary and Parliamentary workers have been asked to return to their duty posts. The Federal Government said the reopening of the courtrooms by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, and Houses of Assembly by Parliamentary Staff Associations of Nigeria PASAN will pave the way for the implementation of the Memorandum of Action signed […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD has threatened to resume another strike, if the Federal and state governments fail to address the demands of their members across the country within two weeks. The union expressed concerns, particularly over the conditions of its members in Abia and Imo states, saying they were being owed up […]
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, today in Lagos State and Abuja protested against the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. This is coming after members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria went on strike and threatened a nationwide protest. National President of NBA, Olumide Akpata, had asked all state branches to stage […]
Government services will be disrupted today in Zimbabwe, as civil servants begin a nationwide strike to demand for improved wages. The workers are pressing for higher wages that are pegged to the US dollar after last minute negotiations with the government failed. Zimbabwe has the world’s highest inflation rate which has eroded civil servants’ wages […]
Workers in Nigeria may now have to wait a little longer for conclusion of negotiations on the consequential adjustment in their salaries occasioned by the new minimum wage. This is because a meeting between the federal government and labor leaders which lasted about nine hours, ended in the early hours of today, without definite decisions. […]
