The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has halted
the warning strike after a crucial meeting with the Senate Committee on
Tertiary Institutions, headed by Senator, Barau Jibrin. The strike will be put
to an end tomorrow, pending the outcome of the next meeting with the senate.
According to Senator, Barau Jibrin, Chairman, Senate
Committee on Tertiary Institutions (TETFUND), "the government has accepted all
the demands that ASUU has made, except one, therefore we decided to adjourn the
meeting.
"We will deliberate and converge again to discuss the
remaining issue, which is the allowances that are supposed to be paid to
University lecturers. The government has deposited some amount of money, but
ASUU thought otherwise because the money is inadequate.
"However, they will make consultations and later come back to
us. We do hope they will come up with goodnews that they have accepted the
government’s offer. But for now the
strike action has been halted,” he concluded.
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