Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
says it has agreed to consider the federal
government’s offer and suspend their strike. The
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 PT, 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.
In his words:
"Now we have some concrete proposal that we
will take back to our members for
consideration."
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.
Recall that 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.