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Human rights activist and senior lawyer, Femi Falana, has requested President Muhammadu Buhari to publish a supplementary finances for the appropriation of the sum of N200 billion required to revamp federal universities throughout the country. According to Mr Falana, this will go a lengthy way in ending the months-long strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities that has paralysed public universities on account that February. Mr Falana stated President Buhari’s current lament over the extended strike was once…

FCT, Abuja - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has mentioned that it intends to end its more than three-month strike if fully positive conditions are met through qualifications from the Federal Government, the Guardian newspaper reports. According to Prof. Osedeke, the ASUU agitation is generating a lot of interest among Nigerian students in the university colleges in the one of a kind belief that they have a conducive and conducive learning environment. Speaking at the programme, the ASUU president…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana's (UTAG) strike is on the verge of being called off after the Labour Division of the Accra High Court put an injunction on it. The strike which is currently in it's fifth week has been halted on Tuesday 15th February by the court presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson. This order by the court comes following an application for interlocutor injunction by the National Labour Commission (NLC). Meanwhile University Teachers have been on strike for more than a month…

A sit-down strike by Commercial drivers across the country left commuters stranded at various bus terminals and the streets on Monday 6th December. This strike comes following the astronomic increase in fuel prices in the country. The GPRTU directed its members to embark on a sit-down strike after several calls on government to reduce the fuel prices by 5% failed. GPRTU after four hours into the strike called on its members to call off the strike as the leadership have been called to the office of the Presidency…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has asked its members to resume the strike which it called off weeks ago from 8th October 2021 until further notice. The move to resume the suspended strike was as a result of government's failure to meet lecturers demand on what they describe as poor conditions of services which they made known. On 2nd August 2021, the University Teachers Association of Ghana embarked on a strike asking for their conditions of service to change for better. Two weeks into the…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana 's (UTAG) National Executive Committee (NEC) has asked all it members to take away all teaching materials from campuses as a result of its strike starting on Monday, 2nd August. The members have been directed to lay down their tools as well as desist from teaching, invigilation and marking of examination scripts until government reaches a consensus with them. The University teachers have decided to embark on a strike as a result of government's refusal to heed to their…