BREAKING: ASUU finally reaches agreement with FG after closed door meeting

Some good news for Nigerian students as
lecturers on strike have finally agreed to suspend
it
- ASUU has agreed to the federal government's
offer after a closed door meeting with a
government delegation
- 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.
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He said: “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.
NAIJ.com earlier reported 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.

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