The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National Executive Council meeting will take place overnight in Abuja, SymbolNewsAlert has learned with assurance.
This union leadership conference was called to allow the union leadership to make the ultimate decision regarding the lengthy strike.
According to a top source who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja, “We will hold a meeting today and it will last overnight so that we will be given enough time to consider and come to a decision.”
The source refused to respond when asked if the union will end the walkout.
Accordingly it was noted that, ASUU announced a strike at the University of Lagos on February 14, 2022. The Federal Government was accused by the union of not upholding some of the commitments made.
ASUU had asked for a renegotiation of the ASUU-FG 2009 agreement as well as the release of the university revitalization fund and earned academic allowances, among other things.
Chris Ngige, the minister of labor and employment, took the lecturers on strike to court for what he called “irreconcilable disputes.”