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As an alternative to Integrated Personnel Payroll System( IPPIS) the Academic Staff Union of the Universities( ASUU) may have decided to propose to the Federal Government, 'Nigerian  Universities Transparency and Accountability System(NUTAS) in an attempt to bring an end to the  ongoing logjam  between the Union and the Federal Government over the perceived  forceful enrolment of the Union's members to the Integrated Personnel Payroll System by both the Office of the Accountant  General of the Federation (OAGF) in collaboration with the Federal Government.

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The The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its three-month strike following an agreement it reached with the Federal Government. According to reports, lecturers have also been asked to resume on Friday. The information was contained on ASUU’s Twitter handle, @ASUUNGR on Thursday evening: Academic Staff Union of …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off the lingering strike this weekend to allow public universities to resume academic activities next week. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, gave this indication on Monday after long hours of conciliatory meeting with the representatives of ASUU led by its President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi. He said the deliberations …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ahead of its Friday’s meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission, has said that its ongoing seven-week strike is in the national interest. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who stated this in an interview with a national newspaper in response to the call on the union to call off the strike, …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced an indefinite nationwide industrial action. The National President of the union, Dr. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced this on Monday during a meeting of the National Executive Council of ASUU in Abuja. He said during the strike, there shall be no teaching, no examination and no attendance of statutory meetings of any kind in …

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A coalition of organisations have slated a Colloquium in Lagos in honour of one of Nigeria’s renowned scholars, Abubakar Momoh, Professor of Political Science at the Lagos State University (LASU). The organisations which include the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Labour and other civil society platforms are planning the one day event in memory of the late scholar of …

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Wednesday, told Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible for the growing corruption in public universities across the country. ASUU also directed its members to reject all incomplete salaries from the government starting from the end of March. According to the union, the cut in remittances to public universities by the Federal Government, …

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While the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) continues to bite hard, the Federal Government yesterday has expressed optimism that the industrial action would soon be over. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr Clement Illo, told newsmen in Abuja, the Nigerian capital that the government was positive that ASUU would soon resolve issue. …

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