ASUU CALLS OFF STRIKE - Today Feb. 7

Hurray!!!!
ASUU Strike ends!!
Signs that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will call off its over three-month-old industrial action came in the evening of Thursday, February 7, with the report that the association has reached an agreement with the federal government

The agreement was signed by the leadership of ASUU and federal government after a series of meetings.

At the time of this report, briefings from both the government side and the leadership of ASUU were still being expected.

Legit.ng had reported that following the inability of stakeholders in the education sector to resolve the strike embarked upon by ASUU, the association on Tuesday, February 5, conducted a nationwide referendum.

The referendum, it was learnt, was to decide whether to suspend the industrial action which has crippled activities in the nation’s universities for three months or to continue until the federal government meets the demands of the lecturers.

The referendum was organized by the national leadership of the union which directed its coordinators at the zones to meet with their various chairmen over the action.

It was also reported that in a decisive effort to resolve issues that started ASUU's prolonged strike, the federal government released N16.8 billion to settle outstanding salary arrears of lecturers in universities.

The minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, revealed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday, February 2, adding that the fund is to be released by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF).

However, the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) vowed to disrupt the election if the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is not resolved.