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Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has expressed optimism that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will accept the new offer by the Federal Government and end the eight-month strike which began in March. He urged ASUU to hasten consultations with its members in order to return
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige disclosed this when the leadership of Congress of University Academics (CONUA) led by its National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday November 19. The Minister regretted the long strike by ASUU which he said has negatively affected the educational development
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied reports that it has suspended the indefinite strike action. This denial comes after a statement started making the rounds online with the subject, "Notice of suspension of ASUU indefinite strike action of all member universities across Nigeria." ASUU shared a screenshot of the
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday November 17, told students and their parents not to expect suspension of its ongoing strike soon. The union’s Abuja Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Theophilus Lagi made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja and also told lecturers to seek alternative means of
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The meeting to halt the strike by oil workers which was held between the Federal Government and members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ended in a deadlock. Officials of PENGASSAN said the meeting was declared inconclusive as some of the demands of the oil workers
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Fuel scarcity looms in Nigeria as petroleum workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have threatened to embark on another strike. The oil workers were ordered by the association to vacate their duty posts via a letter signed by the General Secretary,
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to pay arrears of withheld salaries of its members to pave way for further discussions on the outstanding issues of 2019 Memorandum of Action. The President of the association, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, made the call at a news
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The leadership of oil workers in Nigeria says its members will not be shutting down activities in the industry again. The oil workers were due to commence an indefinite strike by midnight but for the intervention of the Ministers of Finance and Labour along with the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources. A
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off its strike which commenced earlier today. A communique jointly signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Olalere Odusote and the Deputy National President of NUPENG, Mr. Solomon O. Kilanko, stated that both parties agreed,
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Nigeria may face fuel scarcity if oil workers make good the threat of withdrawing their services nationwide should the Federal Government insist on registering employees in the oil sector on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union
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