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  • ASUU decry KASU examination, tags it illegal

    ASUU decry KASU examination, tags it illegal

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the recent semester examinations conducted by the management of Kaduna State University.

    Management of Kaduna State University had a few weeks ago, conducted semester examinations for their students, asking lecturers to resume.

    This came a few days after Governor Nasir El-Rufai during a live broadcast threatened to sack all the striking lecturers.

    ASUU, while reacting to the conduct of the examination, asked KASU management to cancel all conducted examinations until the national body call off the strike

    According to ASUU, the examination must be re-conducted after following due process.

    In a statement signed by the Zonal Coordinator, ASUU-Kano Zone, Abdulkadir Muhammad, he noted that if the institution’s management fails to cancel the ‎examination, the union will be left with no option but to write a petition to the National University Commission (NUC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ( ICPC).

    According to him, these theatrical exercises that the University management confused and referred to as examinations that are currently going on in KASU are characterised by non-coverage of course outlines, and incomplete lecture contact hours.

    He said non-participation of lecturers who taught the courses in the setting of the examination questions and supervision, involvement of students in invigilation and non-moderation of questions papers, are clear violations of the laid down rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations.

    “Therefore, ASUU demands that all the so-called- examinations so far conducted be discarded to maintain and respect the scared system of evaluation in the university,” he added.

  • El-rufai threatens to sack Kaduna lecturers over ASUU strike

    El-rufai threatens to sack Kaduna lecturers over ASUU strike

    Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) lecturers if they continue to observe the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.

    Recall that  ASUU has been on strike since February over the failure of the federal government to meet its demands.

    Many attempts by the government to make the lecturers return to the classrooms have not yielded results as of today.

    Just on Monday, labour unions commenced solidarity protests in some parts of the country with ASUU.

    However, speaking on a radio programme in Kaduna on Wednesday, El-Rufai told the lecturers to return to classrooms in order to avoid having their positions declared vacant, adding that KASU lecturers had no reason to join any strike.

    According to him, ASUU had a problem with the federal government, not the state government.

    He said, “The Acting Vice Chancellor has assured me that they will resume, but I have asked them to find out if they actually resumed work, because I initially instructed that their salary be stopped. But I was later told they didn’t join the strike, so I asked that it should be investigated and those that collected salary and joined the strike will be asked to refund the salary.

    “This is because Nigeria’s law says ‘no work, no pay’. This is the law. So whoever joined the strike will not be paid a salary. We have been telling the KASU lecturers that they have no problem with the State government. ASUU’s problem is with the Federal government. Therefore, why will our staff who have no problems with us join the strike?

    “If this continues, I will wake up one day to sack them all, I swear to God. We will sack them all and declare their positions vacant on the pages of newspapers. They once did the same thing and we gave them warning, now they repeated it. I’m only waiting to receive the report from the commissioner for education. I swear to God, we will sack all those that joined the strike if they refuse to resume work.”

  • Resolve strike within 2 weeks or risk nationwide strike- NLC warns FG

    Resolve strike within 2 weeks or risk nationwide strike- NLC warns FG

    Following the lackadaisical attitude of the Federal Government in resolving issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos State chapter, on Tuesday, issued a two-week ultimatum to the former.

    The Lagos NLC chairperson, Mrs Agnes Sessy during a protest in Ikeja, urged the government to act or risk another #ENDSARS protest.

    The NLC and other university unions took to the streets of Lagos to protest the ongoing ASUU strike on Tuesday.

    She said: “If the Federal Government does not resolve the strike within two weeks, there would be a nationwide mass protest. In fact, the ENDSARS protest would be a child’s play.”