The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Basic Education and Services on Tuesday warned governors in the country to prioritize basic education or be ready to face the consequences. The chairman of the committee, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, who spoke in Ilorin, Kwara state, at the conclusion of a two-day oversight visit to inspect completed and ongoing Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) projects in the state said bulletproof cars won’t save the governors. Prof. Ihonvbere advised state governments to take basic education very seriously in their own interest. Stressing that bulletproof cars, dogs and barbed wire cannot save them from the anger of uneducated, abused and marginalised children in the consequences”.
According to him, no efforts will be spared to sanction the states found to have diverted the UBEC grants.

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian University, ASUU has extended its ongoing industrial action for another time. The decision to extend the strike action came after the National Executive Council of the academicians voted for the industrial to continue at the ASUU headquarters this morning in Abuja. After a series of debates and discussions by the ASUU for and against whether the industrial action should be extended until the federal government concedes to their demand, ASUU finally voted for the strike to continue.

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike which commenced on March 21, 2022, with the view of pressurizing the Federal Government (FG) to concede to some of the Association’s demands. The nationwide strike by NAAT would be suspended for three months and is coming on the heels of the suspension of the strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions (NASU).

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has hinted that when elected as president in 2023, he will hand over all federal Universities to their respective state of residence. Atiku made this statement while delivering a speech at the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and annual General conference organized in Lagos for the year 2022. The former vice president disclosed, that it has always been his wish to provide an enabling environment for both foreign and local investors so that people can grow naturally.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) have suspended their two (2) months strike after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja on Saturday. SSANU’s national president, Muhammed Ibrahim made this disclosure during an interview with pressmen. “Yes, we have suspended the strike for a period of two months” - He noted.

The Federal government has reiterated its stance on the no-work-no-pay to the striking Academic Staff Union of the Nigerian Universities, ASUU, saying the Federal Government cannot be bullied into paying six months' salaries to ASUU after staying at home. The federal government insists that the policy is to serve as punishment to the academicians for grounding the educational institution in the country. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu disclosed this while briefing a presidential communication team organized at the state House, Abuja.