Lecturers may call off strike soon as ASUU, FG reach agreement

The lingering strike action by members of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, may
soon be called off, as the lecturers have agreed to
an offer made to them by the Federal government.
The leaders of the academic union and the Federal
government in the early hours of today, concluded a
12-hour meeting that started yesterday Thursday,
September 7th. The union says they have accepted
the federal government’s offer and would take the
offer to their members who would decide whether or
not the offer is generally accepted and then decide
on when to call off the strike action. The union says
it would get back to the Federal government on its
decision in a week's time.
National president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, who
spoke with journalists after the meeting, said
“Now we have some concrete proposal that we will
take back to our members for consideration,” he
said.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who also
spoke with journalists after the meeting, said ASUU’s
demands have been addressed and the union will get
back to the government in a week after consulting
with their members.
ASUU declared a Nationwide strike on August 14th

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