The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, said it cannot guarantee social distancing in crowded classes and congested hostels. The union also said the government was yet to put safety measures in place at learning centers amid the second wave of the pandemic.

The National University Commission (NUC) has directed all Nigerian Universities through the Vice-Chancellors to resume academic activities latest by January 18, 2021. The announcement was in compliance with the directive from the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 who earlier directed the closure of the public places after the second wave of the pandemic resurfaced.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has on Monday commenced a 14-day warning strike action with effect from January 4, 2021, following alleged neglect of their demands by the Federal Government. The strike directive was conveyed in a release signed by the Acting National Secretary of SSANIP, Comrade Emmanuel Enyiegor in Calabar, Cross River State. The association also demands the government to constitute Governing Councils in Federal and State Polytechnics. The release reads “This is to bring to the attention of all the members that the General Executive Council had on December 17, 2020, approved the commencement of 14-day warning strike with effect from January 4.

The Academic Staff Union of the Nigerian Universities, ASUU has this morning called off the industrial action. ASUU Chairman, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi disclosed this while addressing newsmen shortly after the Union negotiations with the Federal Government. The Academicians embanked on the industrial action nine months ago.

A bigwig of the Academic Staff Union of the Nigeria University, ASUU, Dr Christian Opata has rejected the claim that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Management System (IPPIS) was the sole purpose the Academicians have refused to go back to the classroom in the last one year. Opata, an ASUU chairman of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN chapter made this claim today while briefing newsmen on the prolonged industrial action.

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has disclosed that many Nigerian graduates can neither read nor write applications after spending years in school. The Minister was lamenting the falling standard of education in Nigeria and its neglects by the concerned stakeholders.