The Federal Government on Tuesday approved the registration of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).
CONUA is a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige announced the Federal Government’s recognition and registration of a separate body of academic unions on Tuesday in Abuja.
CONUA is led by its National Coordinator, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been on strike since February 14 to press home its demands despite a ruling by the National Industrial Court on September 21, 2022, ordering the University lecturers to return to work.
