BREAKING: ASUU Announces ‘Conditional Suspension’ Of Strike
BREAKING: ASUU Announces ‘Conditional Suspension
The Academic Staff union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a conditional suspension of it nationwide industrial action. ASUU’s decision followed a reconciliation meeting with a Federal Government team which held today (Monday) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The talks with the Federal Government team came after about two weeks following the union’s consultations with its various chapters on the terms of agreement earlier reached by both parties. ASUU had been on strike since August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands for improved infrastructure in the universities. A reconciliation meeting with the Federal Government on August 17 had failed to resolve the dispute, but fresh undisclosed offers were made to the lecturers. Another reconciliation meeting held on August 29 also ended in deadlock, as ASUU insisted on seeing the government act on their demands. A third meeting, which held on September 7 and concluded the following day, however, ended with agreements reached on some of the demands of the union.
The Academic Staff union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a conditional suspension of it nationwide industrial action. ASUU’s decision followed a reconciliation meeting with a Federal Government team which held today (Monday) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The talks with the Federal Government team came after about two weeks following the union’s consultations with its various chapters on the terms of agreement earlier reached by both parties. ASUU had been on strike since August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands for improved infrastructure in the universities. A reconciliation meeting with the Federal Government on August 17 had failed to resolve the dispute, but fresh undisclosed offers were made to the lecturers. Another reconciliation meeting held on August 29 also ended in deadlock, as ASUU insisted on seeing the government act on their demands. A third meeting, which held on September 7 and concluded the following day, however, ended with agreements reached on some of the demands of the union.
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