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30-501: The Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ) is a Nigerian union of university academic staff, founded in 1978. ASUU is an offshoot of the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT) which was established in 1965. At that time, NAUT consisted of only five universities in total including University of Ibadan , University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ife and University of Lagos . As

60-728: A Nobel Laureate in Literature , eminent mathematicians , scientists , politicians, lawyers, business icons, philosophers , writers, monarchs , countless technocrats, recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit and fellows of the various learned academies. Ebrohimie Road, a street in the University of Ibadan, was the subject of a documentary film, Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory , released in July 2024, written by Nigerian writer and linguist Kola Tubosun . The street features

90-475: A campus bungalow where Nigerian writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka lived with his family from around 1967 to around 1972, and which has played a significant role in the history of the country, the university, and the writer himself. 7°26′30″N 3°54′00″E  /  7.44167°N 3.90000°E  / 7.44167; 3.90000 Benue State University The university was founded in 1992 and served 306 students with 149 faculty. The university

120-502: A celebration marked by talking drums , the Rt. Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa , the first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of this independent university. The first Nigerian vice-chancellor of the university was Kenneth Dike , after whom the university library is named. The university consistently ranks as one of the best in Nigeria. In September 2016, it became

150-470: A result, the ASUU was proscribed on 7 August 1988 and all its property seized. It was allowed to resume in 1990, but after another strike was again banned on 23 August 1992. However, an agreement was reached on 3 September 1992 that met several of the union's demands including the right of workers to collective bargaining. The ASUU organized further strikes in 1994 and 1996, protesting against the dismissal of staff by

180-517: A successor to the Nigerian Association of University Teachers that was founded in 1965, ASUU was formed in 1978 to cater for the interests of all academic staff in Federal and State universities in Nigeria. Professor Osodeke, a professor of Soil Science , at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was elected on 30 May 2021 during a three-day conference of the union which held at

210-511: Is a public research university located in Ibadan, Nigeria. Founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, it was initially affiliated with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independent institution, making it the oldest degree-awarding university in Nigeria. The University of Ibadan has significantly contributed to Nigeria's political, industrial, economic, and cultural development through its extensive network of graduates. The university

240-527: Is named after Professor Kenneth Dike , who was the first indigenous Principal and former Vice-Chancellor of the university. it was established out of the desires of the founding fathers and matriarch of the institution in order to cut a niche for research and sound teaching. Today, the library is ranked favourably among other libraries in the Commonwealth of nations. The library contains 700,000 volumes of information and more than 1,250 seats for readers. It

270-541: Is open to all senior staff, students of the institution, senior staff of the University College Hospital , ( UCH ) Ibadan as well as alumni of the university. The library will also admit any outsider with cogent reasons upon the provision of a letter of introduction from a recognized university official (i.e. dean of a faculty, head of department from the visitor's school or director of an organization). The university has educated many notable alumni, including

300-550: The Nnamdi Azikiwe University , Awka, Anambra State. He took over from Biodun Ogunyemi, a professor of education at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. The union has had 11 presidents since its founding in 1978. The Union was active in struggles against the military regime during the 1980s. In 1988 the union organized a National Strike to obtain fair wages and university autonomy. As

330-638: The Sani Abacha military regime. After the return to democracy in 1999 with the Nigerian Fourth Republic , the union continued to be firm in demanding the rights of university workers against opposition by the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo . In July 2002 Dr. Oladipo Fashina, the then national president of the union, petitioned Justice Mustapha Akanbi of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to investigate

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360-423: The tropical modernist style , the 1950s construction comprised administrative blocks, residential colleges and academic facilities. Following Nigeria's independence in 1960 and the subsequent drive to domesticate several institutions, UCI became an established full-fledged independent university in early 1962 and thus, the name changed to University of Ibadan. In late 1963, on the university playing fields, with

390-481: The College of Health Sciences and the faculties of Arts, Education, Environmental Sciences, Law, Science, and Social Sciences. Other unit libraries serve the departments of Chemistry and Mass Communications. This library system commenced operation from makeshift quarters at the inception of BSU in 1992. A new Central Library Complex, constructed with a grant from TETFund and designed to house 45,000 books and 3,000 students,

420-713: The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday, 5 October 2022 announced the formation of two new academic unions - the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). ASUU eventually called off the 8-month strike on 14 October 2022. The union has repeatedly maintained that the strikes are a response to the Nigerian government's "insincerity" and perennial refusal to uphold agreement signed with ASUU. While

450-478: The Federal Government on an agreement it reached with the union about two and a half years earlier. After three months of strikes, in October 2009, the union and other staff unions signed a memorandum of understanding with the government and called off the industrial action. On 1 July 2013, ASUU embarked on another strike which lasted 5 months and 15 days was called off on 16 December 2013. Claims made by ASUU in regards to

480-1263: The Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine , Pharmacy , Technology , Law , Public Health , Dentistry , Economics and Management Sciences, all Renewable Natural Resources, Environmental Design and Management, and Multidisciplinary Studies. The Faculties of the Basic Medical Sciences , Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Dentistry are organized as a College of Medicine . The university has other academic units, among which are: Institute of Child Health, Institute of Education, Institute of African Studies, Centre for Child Adolescent and Mental Health, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Centre for Drug Discovery, Development & Production (CDDDP) and Centre for Control & Prevention of Zoonosis (CCPZ). The recently established Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), School of Business (UISB) and National Institute for Maternal, Child & Neonatal Health (NIMCNH) have commenced operation. The University of Ibadan has 15 halls of residence that provide accommodation for about 30% of

510-469: The association continues to claim that it is involved in a struggle for Nigerian tertiary education and Nigerian students by extension, many Nigerians perceive the supposed struggle, marked by incessant strike actions, to be malicious and self serving. This image has not been helped by ASUU, who still cannot communicate effectively with the Nigerian populace without sounding arrogant and condescending. University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI)

540-532: The authorities of the University of Ilorin for financial mismanagement and corruption. In 2007, the ASUU went on strike for three months. In May 2008, embarked on a two one-week "warning strike" to press a range of demands, including an improved salary scheme and reinstatement of 49 lecturers who were dismissed many years earlier. In June 2009, ASUU ordered its members in federal and state universities nationwide to proceed on an indefinite strike over disagreements with

570-481: The commencement of the strike. On 9 May, ASUU extended the strike by additional 12 weeks, and the strike reached six months without resolution, making it one of the longest ASUU strikes in history. On 1 August 2022, ASUU extended the strike by another four weeks. The FG met ASUU on 16 August 2022, to continue negotiations, with ASUU promising to suspend the strike if its demands were met, but the meeting ended in deadlock. ASUU subsequently said it would begin consultation on

600-639: The first Nigerian university to make the top 1,000 in Times Higher Education rankings. Prior to that, it had always made the top 10 African Universities in Webometrics Rankings. UI is currently ranked No. 1 in Nigeria and 1,177 in the world according to Webometrics. The current principal members of the university administration are: The university is made up of 92 academic departments organized into 17 faculties, namely; Arts, Science, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences , Agriculture ,

630-532: The first tertiary educational institute in Nigeria , focused primarily on providing post-secondary vocational education and teacher training to Africans. However, the limited aims of Yaba College and clamour by Nigerian nationalists for self-improvement and uninhibited education led to the establishment of University College Ibadan as the first degree-awarding institution in Nigeria in 1948. Staff and students from Yaba Higher College were transferred to Ibadan to form

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660-489: The lecturers' demands included the revitalisation of public universities, earned allowances, improved funding of state universities and payment of promotion arrears. On 7 March 2022, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu inaugurated a committee to renegotiate the 2009 agreement with ASUU. The seven-man panel had Prof. Emeritus Nimi Briggs as chairman. On 14 March, ASUU extended the strike by 8 more weeks. The Federal Government eventually met ASUU on 11 April 2022, exactly 56 days since

690-483: The new University College Ibadan. Modelled after the British university system, Kenneth Mellanby was appointed in 1947 as its first principal , and he inaugurated the university college on 18 January 1948. The sod of its permanent site was cut on 17 November 1948, a date now known as its Founders' Day. The university's first buildings were designed by eminent modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew . Following

720-422: The next line of action. ASUU local chapters at ABU, BUK, UDUS, OAU voted for continuation and declaration of an indefinite strike in response to government's offer. State universities such as Benue State University , TASUED , Adekunle Ajasin University , Kano State University of Technology have also insisted on prosecuting the strike to its logical conclusion. After 234 days (33 weeks) of strike action by ASUU,

750-502: The notable structures in the university is the central Kenneth Dike Library (popularly called "KDL" by the students), located just beside the Faculty of Arts. The library, which has a large capacity for students, contains books relating to virtually all fields of knowledge both in and outside the university community. To ensure easy access, students are made to carry out their library registration in their first year of admission. The library

780-738: The population of students in the regular studies mode. Some of its popular halls include Lord Tedder Hall, Kenneth Mellanby Hall, Sultan Bello Hall, Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall , Independence Hall , Tafawa Balewa Hall, Kuti Hall, Queen Idia Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Obafemi Awolowo Hall – which is the largest female hall in West Africa . The university has a total staff strength of 5,339 with 1,212 housing units for both senior and junior staff. The university has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on campus, as well as separate botanical and zoological gardens . Among

810-403: The strike are centered largely on funding and revitalization of Nigerian public universities as well as a certain earned allowance which it claims to be an arrears of 92 billion naira . Some Nigerian students said that the strike was a curse to them while others said it was a blessing before the ASUU strike was called. In 2022, ASUU declared a one-month strike, beginning 14 February 2022. Some of

840-794: Was commissioned in August 2016. Branch Libraries In 2015, the university's Department of Mass Communication started a radio station, BSU FM on 89.9 MHz. Athletic activities are handled by the Sports Unit. The university participates in the Nigerian University Games Association and has won silver and bronze medals at NUGA's Sports Fiesta. Facilities include a football field, basketball court , badminton court, volleyball court, and two tennis courts. 7°43′35″N 8°33′23″E  /  7.7265°N 8.5563°E  / 7.7265; 8.5563 This article on

870-795: Was established by the state government to augment the specialized academic offerings of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi . In 1991, the state government formed a 13-member steering committee to plan for and obtain approval for the university. The university began offering classes for the 1992/1993 school year in four colleges: Arts, Education, Sciences, and Social Science. Benue State University has eight faculties (college-level) units: Faculty of Administration Faculty of Arts And Humanities Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering/Tech/Env Faculty of Law & Legal Studies Faculty of Med/Pharm/Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences The university's library complex, University Library and Information Services (ULIS) comprises units in

900-695: Was established in 1948 as University College, Ibadan, a college of the University of London , which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees until 1967. The establishment came as a result of a recommendation from the Asquith and the Elliot Commissions on Higher Education in the then-British colonies , that two University Colleges of the University of London be set up in Ghana and Nigeria . Before 1948, Yaba College had been founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos , as

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