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FG Registers CONUA as New Academic Union Alongside ASUU

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Tryphena Loveday

Academic Research Lead

October 4, 2022

The Federal Government has formally approved the registration of the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a faction of university lecturers that broke away from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Strike: A new university union emerges as FG approves the registration of CONUA

Presentation of Certificate of Registration

In an official invitation issued on Tuesday, 4th October 2022, by Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, scheduled the formal recognition and certificate presentation for 2:00 pm in Abuja.

Leadership of CONUA

  • The newly registered union is led by its National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.
  • With this certificate of registration, CONUA is recognized by the Federal Government as an independent trade union for academic staff in Nigerian universities.
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Collins Okon

Oct 4, 2022

Does this mean universities with CONUA members will resume lectures immediately?

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Mentra Admissions Team

Oct 4, 2022

CONUA stated that its members never declared a strike, Collins, though full campus reopening depends on each university's Senate calendar and the resolution of the wider industrial dispute.

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