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Nigerian university students on Monday expressed delight over reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be calling off their prolonged industrial action soon.

The striking university lecturers had yesterday expressed optimism that the intervention by the House of Representatives on its ongoing face-off with the Federal Government would yield desired results.

The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke when the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, briefed the union in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.”

ASUU shut down public universities in the country on February 14 to demand full implementation of agreements it had entered into with the Federal Government a few years ago.

Given the unfolding political recalibration in Southeast, particularly Enugu State, there was little doubt that Senator Chimaroke Nnamani accepted the inclusion of his name on the membership of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) with his full chest.

Although the ranking Senator and former governor eulogised the former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, when a derogatory song, jests and expletives were hauled at the APC presidential candidate, not many expected that both elite members of the class ’99 governors had revived their political collaboration.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed the order of the National Industrial Court (NIC) directing it to end its ongoing seven months strike.

ASUU, through its representatives, asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order staying execution of the order of the National Industrial Court on the case between FG and ASUU, pending the hearing and determination of the interlocutory Appeal.

ASUU also urged the court to grant it leave to appeal against the interlocutory ruling of the National Industrial Court.

“The applicant is bringing this Appeal both on grounds of law and on grounds bothering on fundamental human rights.

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‘Applicant’s counsel out of the abundance of caution, has brought this application to obviate any doubt associated with the nature of the Appeal.

“This honourable court should not shut out the defendant and thousands of Its members desirous of ventilating their grievances pursuant to Sections 6 [6] [b] and 36 [1]} of the 1999 Constitution.” The Appeal read in parts.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has stopped the salaries of striking lecturers of the state-owned university.

Tambuwal revealed this while interacting with youths at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa, at the weekend.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had declared strike in February over the demand for improved welfare, among others.

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But a disappointed Tambuwal said, “Last month, I stopped the payment of their salaries because I have been magnanimous enough by paying them more than five month salary without work.

“I asked them to resume work or forfeit their salaries because they have no reason whatsoever to continue with the strike.

“The issues raised by ASUU branches in federal universities are not the same with what obtains in the state university. If they have other issues they should come forward with them, otherwise we will not pay them their salaries until they go back to the classroom,” he said.

He admonished the lecturers to resume work if indeed they have the interest of the state and its students at heart.

After a successful implementation of Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation, (EdoBEST 1.0), the state government has launched EdoBEST 2.0 to address issues in senior secondary and technical education.

The occasion also saw the launch, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Nigerian learning passport.

Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the event, said without acquiring the required knowledge to navigate today’s world, achieving desired goals might be difficult.

For youths to be globally competitive and relevant in the 21st century, the governor said, human capacity is imperative.

“Human capacity is what tomorrow’s world needs, and if we don’t give our children what they need, our country won’t be able to compete. The key to any education reform is the teacher. That is why we have trained and retrained our teachers. Teachers are the ones governing schools and once you get the governance of the school right with a competent head teacher, he will get the other teachers to work and our children will be okay.

“We have moved beyond our children just going to school, the focus now is on quality and relevance of what they are being taught. For us, education has not been an elitist product and we must continue so that our children would have access to school and quality education,” he said.

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After assessing the chances of presidential candidates in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, a renowned Northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has warned Nigerians against electing an inexperienced and unpatriotic politician as president.

Weighing the chances of candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, Gumi insisted that Nigeria does not need a novice as president, but an experienced politician to lead Nigeria.

Gumi, however, advised that Nigerians should do away with ethno-religious politics in this 21st century, and come together as one united people for the progress of the country.

While answering questions from journalists in his Kaduna residence on the coming general elections and state of the nation, Gumi noted, when asked about Atiku that had contested for the presidency several times, that there is nothing wrong for politicians to contest election several times until they achieve victory.

On Tinubu’s claim that it is his turn to be president, Gumi said: “It is not proper for him to say it is his turn. No politician should say it is his turn; if people like you, they will vote for you. He is a good administrator; he can do it. The Muslim-Muslim ticket is unnecessary.

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As the federal government and leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) meet today, the union has expressed the hope of calling off the strike if the government meets its demands.


ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this when he appeared as a guest on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Osodeke said the issues of IPPIS and UTAS had been put to rest and insisted that the government has the capacity to meet the union’s demands.
LEADERSHIP reports that ASUU strike has entered six months without headway so far.
The lecturers in the nation’s public universities embarked on the strike on February 14, 2022 and extended several times because their demands were not met.
The ASUU president also lamented lack of commitment on the part of the government towards ending the strike which has kept students out of school for six months, and said the union’s platform, UTAS, was ready for application.
He said,