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Just in: ASUU Orders Indefinite Strike
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University chapter, has ordered indefinite strike over unmet demands.
This was announced after a congress meeting on Wednesday.
This is the first internal strike since the university was founded.
Their grievances include the non-implementation of a 2021 Memorandum of Action, which outlined financial improvements for the institution.
Among the unresolved issues are unpaid academic allowances, the lack of a training fund for academic staff, unfulfilled minimum wage adjustments, and the non-payment of promotional arrears for the years 2020 to 2023.
Despite previous agreements to provide increased funding, lecturers claim the government only disbursed additional funds for two months in 2021.
The underfunding has also forced the university to introduce extra fees, placing more strain on students.
Efforts to resolve the issues through discussions with prominent state figures have been unsuccessful, leaving the lecturers with no option but to strike.
“The members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University branch have endured a debilitating working conditions in the university for too long as a result of issues of inadequate funding, non implementation of the content of the 2021 MOA, and refusal to implement current salaries table for academics in Nigerian universities
The union has sought for amicable resolution of the issues by requesting for the intervention of eminent personalities in the state with no tangible outcome”, they said.
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Edo guber: LP’s Akpata remains a front runner, set to capture Edo
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Less than twenty-four hours to the start of voting in Saturday’s governorship poll in Edo State, a rash of fake news has broken out.
Leading parties in the election have had their fair shares of fake news either indicating the withdrawal of their candidates or disqualification by a Magistrate Court or Supreme Court.
For instance, Olumide Akpata of LP was said to have withdrawn from the race and thrown his support for Asue Ighodalo in a statement that read smoothly and appeared convincing.
THE CONCLAVE sent the statement to Akpata via WhatsApp for confirmed.
He responded by sending the same statement with FAKE NEWS boldly stamped on it.
He said he was set for victory at the poll.
There was also a news flash about the Supreme Court disqualifying Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, with a sign off: More details coming….
A Magistrate Court in Abuja was also reported to have disqualified Monday Okpebholo of the APC from the poll on account of age falsification.
The APC campaign organisation had swiftly put a lie to the report by deploying the court papers in the circumstance.
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