The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called off its 8-month long strike.
The union said the government did not meet its demands satisfactorily
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has ordered union members to resume all activities with immediate effect.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has officially called off it’s 8-month strike.
The union also ordered its members to resume academic activities effective from 12pm today, October 14, 2022.
This was contained in a press statement on Friday by ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
Osodeke, who hailed the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila in the union’s battle will the government, however, lamented that the body’s demands were not met satisfactorily.
Osodeke said the decision to end the strike arose from the emergency meeting of the National Executive Council of ASUU, which held at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja, on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
The statement read in part;
“While appreciating the commendable efforts of the leadership of the House of Representatives and other patriotic Nigerians who waded into the matter, NEC noted with regrets that the issues in dispute were yet to be satisfactorily addressed.
“However, as a law-abiding union and in deference to appeals by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and in recognition of the efforts Hon. Gbajabiamila, and other well-meaning Nigerians, ASUU NEC resolved to suspend the strike action embarked upon on February 14, 2022.
“Consequently, all members of ASUU are hereby directed to resume all services hitherto withdrawn with effect from 12:01 on Friday, October 14, 2022.”
