The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Professor Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist and Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, as its new national president. Professor Piwuna takes over from Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, who had led the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the widespread institutional weaknesses, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and rampant corruption in Nigeria, which undermine governance at every level. Speaking at the union’s 23rd National Delegates Conference at the University of Benin, Main Campus, Ugbowo, on Saturday, ASUU National President Emmanuel Osodeke expressed concern over the lack of…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has called for the National Universities Commission (NUC) to manage the budgets of public universities, alongside its role in accrediting courses, to enhance the autonomy of tertiary institutions. Oloyede, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, was a guest on…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed removal of the education tax, calling it a threat to the survival of Nigerian universities. In an interview with The PUNCH, ASUU National President Prof. Victor Osodeke revealed that the union would meet with the two Ministers of Education, Tunji Alausa…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed to the Federal Government not to systemically phase out the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) which has “transformed” tertiary educational institutions in Nigeria in the last three decades. ASUU has cautioned that undermining TETFund’s funding to support the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) would cripple public…
