- Some good news for
Nigerian students as lecturers on strike have finally agreed to suspend it
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ASUU has agreed to the federal government's offer after a closed door meeting
with a government delegation
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The leadership of ASUU says it has accepted the offer and would take it to its
members
The Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has agreed to consider the federal
government’s offer and suspend their strike.
This great
news comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and
a government delegation in Abuja which started 1:38pm on Thursday, September 7
and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday, September 8.
According to
Premium Times, the leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the
proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members
and get back to the government in a week.
The national
president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi told journalists after the meeting that the
union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.
Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, said
ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the
government in a week after consulting with its principals.
As earlier reported by Naija.com,
the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the
National Association of Academic Technologists, (NAAT), announced that they would join the
ASUU strike on Wednesday, September 6.
The
president of SSANU, who is also the chairman of JAC while speaking at a press
conference in Abuja explained reasons for the industrial action, saying the
nationwide strike would be total and comprehensive.
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