ASUU ENDS NINE-MONTH-OLD STRIKE
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), on Wednesday, suspended the nine-month-old strike which began in March 2020.
According to Punch, ASUU’s national president, Dr Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja.
It would be recalled that the minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige, yesterday assured that the prolonged strike by the university lecturers would be called off before January 15.
Ogunyemi also said the lecturers sympathised with students who were also their children, adding that “no amount of sacrifice would be too much to get the matter resolved as long as the government is consistent with its commitments.”
While warning that the union would return to strike without notice should the government fail in meeting its part of the agreement reached with the university lecturers, Ogunyemi noted that the reopening of the schools, considering the COVID-19 pandemic, lies with the federal government and senate.
